{"id":990,"date":"2009-03-09T07:20:16","date_gmt":"2009-03-09T11:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.danielgoepfrich.com\/?p=990"},"modified":"2022-07-15T14:24:18","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T18:24:18","slug":"proverbs26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theologyisforeveryone.com\/proverbs26\/","title":{"rendered":"Proverbs 26"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s the format of these last couple of chapters that really gets to me. \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0627\u0628 \u062a\u0631\u0628\u062d \u062c\u0648\u0627\u0626\u0632 \u062d\u0642\u064a\u0642\u064a\u0629<\/a> 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. \u0645\u0648\u0627\u0642\u0639 \u0631\u0628\u062d \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0627\u0644<\/a> There seems to be no focus.<\/p>\n

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. \u0637\u0631\u064a\u0642\u0629 \u0644\u0639\u0628 \u0628\u0648\u0643\u0631<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!<\/em> (26:3<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Do we need to say any more? Haven’t we all wished we had one of those?<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

There is a short section where Solomon goes off on fools. He uses several comparisons (26:6-11<\/a>):<\/p>\n