Proverbs 12
The last few chapters have been very much what I expect from proverbs.
There is apparently a Jewish tradition of poetry to compare and contrast rather than to rhyme.
This strikes me as making these chapters of proverbs as quite poetic in a non rhyming way.
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid - quite an opener.
There are quite a few of these proverbs that should be right, but sometimes seem not to be corroborated by evidence such as
Good people obtain favour from the LORD but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.
No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
I don't see that the favour and condemnation are immediate results all too often, and it seems many regimes have been established through anything but righteousness!
Verse 4 is an interesting one - "A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones"
I've never been married, so no comment, I guess it works the other way round too!
There are some gems in this chapter such as
Better to be a nobody and have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
The Righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel
An honest witness tells the truth, but a false witness tells lies - well D'uh!
The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool's heart blurts out folly.
Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.
These are just the highlights, there are more in the chapter.
The last few chapters have been very much what I expect from proverbs.
There is apparently a Jewish tradition of poetry to compare and contrast rather than to rhyme.
This strikes me as making these chapters of proverbs as quite poetic in a non rhyming way.
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid - quite an opener.
There are quite a few of these proverbs that should be right, but sometimes seem not to be corroborated by evidence such as
Good people obtain favour from the LORD but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.
No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
I don't see that the favour and condemnation are immediate results all too often, and it seems many regimes have been established through anything but righteousness!
Verse 4 is an interesting one - "A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones"
I've never been married, so no comment, I guess it works the other way round too!
There are some gems in this chapter such as
Better to be a nobody and have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
The Righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel
An honest witness tells the truth, but a false witness tells lies - well D'uh!
The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool's heart blurts out folly.
Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.
These are just the highlights, there are more in the chapter.
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