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Absurdities in Proverbs
- "Lean not unto thine own understanding." Don't try to understand things; just accept whatever
the bible and your religious leaders tell you. 3:5
- If you give money to God, he will make you rich and you'll have lots of wine.
3:9-10
- God never allows good people to go hungry or the wicked to become wealthy.
10:3
- Bad things only happen to bad people. 12:21
- How to tell the good from the bad: Good people are
the ones who get plenty to eat, and wicked are the ones who go hungry.
13:25
- "The eyes of the Lord are in every place." 15:3
- "The hoary head [gray hair] is a crown of glory." 16:31
- All games of chance (gambling) are controlled by God. 16:33
- "The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly." 20:27
- "The beauty of old men is the grey head." 20:29
- "The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly."
20:30
- Those who are humble and fear God will live long and prosper. 22:4
- Don't eat dinner with a person who has an "evil eye." 23:6
- "To have respect of persons is not good." (Treat everyone with disrespect.) 28:21
- "Yea, my reins shall rejoice."
("Reins" is the Bible's word for kidneys.)
23:16
- If you are greedy then you must have an "evil eye." 28:22
- "Every word of God is pure. See Ezek.23:20
and Mal.2:3 for just two examples of the "pure word of God." 30:5
- One of the four "wonderful" things is "the way of a man with a maid." 30:18-19
- "The wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood." 30:33
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