It’s the format of these last couple of chapters that really gets to me. العاب تربح جوائز حقيقية Reading these verses – which can change topics in an instant – reminds me of a string of firecrackers going off. They’re like random pops – some longer, some quicker. مواقع ربح المال There seems to be no focus.
This actually makes sense, since this is just a collection of Solomon’s proverbs, not Solomon writing them himself. The rest of the book is fairly well laid out, but the final collection is like a book of quotes – lots of good stuff, but it needs some arrangement. طريقة لعب بوكر
A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! (26:3)
Do we need to say any more? Haven’t we all wished we had one of those?
There is a short section where Solomon goes off on fools. He uses several comparisons (26:6-11):
- Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence…
- Like legs that hang limp from the lame…
- Like tying a stone in a sling…
- Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard…
- Like an archer that wounds at random…
- Like a dog that returns to its vomit…
Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. That verse has always made me shudder. I guess that's a good thing. Definitely a memorable verse.