Tag Archives: Proverbs
Who needs to listen to the wisdom?
Proverbs 2 is for me one of the chapters that really commands us to listen. When I studied Classical Greek, one of the sentences that our teacher explained to us was that we have one mouth and two ears because we need to listen more and speak less! The words in proverbs 2 are so [...]
10 things you need to know about King Solomon
1) He was the second son of King David and Bathsheba. 2) Yedidia (“friend of God”) is the name that Nathan the prophet gave to King Solomon when he was born, as we read in 2 Samuel 12:24-25- וַיְנַחֵם דָּוִד, אֵת בַּת-שֶׁבַע אִשְׁתּוֹ, וַיָּבֹא אֵלֶיהָ, וַיִּשְׁכַּב עִמָּהּ; וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן, ויקרא (וַתִּקְרָא) אֶת-שְׁמוֹ שְׁלֹמֹה, וַיהוָה, [...]
If you promise something – do it!
The book of proverbs contains a lot of idioms and sayings about our life. and how we should live them. We all know people that promise to improve their lives, or their behavior, but fail to follow up on their resolutions. We can read about such instances in Proverbs 25:14- “נְשִׂיאִים וְרוּחַ וְגֶשֶׁם אָיִן אִישׁ [...]
The Law and Life / Part II
“Blessed is the man [whose]…delight is in the law of the Lord” Psalm 1 Part Two: Israelite Law Religion is Law Essentially Israelite religion is following a set of codes. The legal precedent is set at Mount Sinai with Moses and the laws given by God, then we begin to learn the legal parameters of [...]
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