Many of the proverb are absurd and I dismiss them . It is such a statement that bind and condition our thinking in certain ways.Thta is not conductive to our growth alos, What is your opinion regarding PROVERBS .
2007-11-04 08:43:24 · 13 answers · asked by Raghavendra R 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I do believe in proverbs, because they are inspirational and motivating. They teach you a lesson that you will encounter throughout your life. You might not relate to all of them, but most of them are universal regardless of gender or religion.
2007-11-04 10:51:50 · answer #1 · answered by Harman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The teachings in Proverbs may be absurd, but certainly are not original. They were stolen from the Ancient Egyptians.
Instructions of Amenemopet (also called Instructions of Amenemope, Wisdom of Amenemopet) is an Egyptian papyrus containing 30 chapters of proverbs written about the time of the 19th Dynasty pharaoh Amenmesse (circa 1200 BC).
Instruction of Amenemope
Introduction: The beginning of the instruction about life...
Chapter 01: Give your years and hear what is said...
Chapter 02: Beware of stealing from a miserable man...
Chapter 03: Do not get into a quarrel with the argumentative man...
Chapter 04: The hot-headed man in the temple Is like a tree grown indoors...
Chapter 05: Do not take by violence the shares of the temple...
Chapter 06: Do not displace the surveyor's marker on the boundaries of the arable land...
Chapter 07: Do not set your heart upon seeking riches...
Chapter 08: Set your good deeds throughout the world That you may greet everyone...
Chapter 09: Do not fraternize with the hot-tempered man, Nor approach him to converse...
Chapter 10: Do not address your intemperate friend in your unrighteousness...
Chapter 11: Do not covet the property of the dependent Nor hunger for his bread...
Chapter 12: Do not covet the property of an official...
Chapter 13: Do not lead a man astray
Chapter 14: Do not pay attention to a person, Nor exert yourself to seek out his hand...
Chapter 15: Do well, and you will attain influence...
Chapter 16: Do not unbalance the scale nor make the weights false...
Chapter 17: Beware of robbing the grain measure To falsify its fractions...
Chapter 18: Do not go to bed fearing tomorrow, For when day breaks what is tomorrow?
Chapter 19: Do not enter the council chamber in the presence of a magistrate And then falsify your speech...
Chapter 20: Do not corrupt the people of the law court, Nor put aside the just man...
Chapter 21: Do not say, I have found a strong protector And now I can challenge a man in my town...
Chapter 22: Do not castigate your companion in a dispute...
Chapter 23: Do not eat a meal in the presence of a magistrate...
Chapter 24: Do not listen to the accusation of an official indoors...
Chapter 25: Do not jeer at a blind man nor tease a dwarf...
Chapter 26: Do not stay in the tavern And join someone greater than you...
Chapter 27: Do not reproach someone older than you...
Chapter 28: Do not expose a widow if you have caught her in the fields...
Chapter 29: Do not turn people away from crossing the river When you have room in your ferryboat...
Chapter 30: Mark for your self these thirty chapters...
This document is unique in that it appears to have been drawn upon for the writing of portions of the Biblical Book of Proverbs, particularly chapters 22:17-24:22. It also shows that it was drawn upon for the apocryphal books of Sirach and Ecclesiasticus. This added historical support to the claims of early Israeli-Egyptian relationship.
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2007-11-04 08:52:21 · answer #2 · answered by DJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Proverbs are created through the vast experience and it is being accepted to us if it is suits to our generation. Due to cultural, socio-economic changes sometimes we ,may not to accept some of the proverbs.
2007-11-04 15:07:40 · answer #3 · answered by Prakasam N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is nothing holy in proverbs but if you abide by the real meaning in the proverbs you will stay happy and fruitful
2007-11-05 00:17:08 · answer #4 · answered by ЮЩЉФ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
proverbs are one man's point of view and logic which is adopted by people who are looking for a reasonable and publicly agreeable "excuse" for their failures and/ or successes.
that's why we see some of them are discarded in todays age..
2007-11-12 07:12:55 · answer #5 · answered by Autistic Gorilla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love proverbs. It is true and real. To just say they aren't because you think they are dumb makes no sense. I read a couple each day, along with a psalm.
2007-11-04 09:01:28 · answer #6 · answered by * 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ALL scripture is given by inspiration of God.
We can not pick and choose what we believe in the Bible.
I love reading a bit of the proverbs every day! It is very illuminating and real for me.
S
2007-11-04 08:47:57 · answer #7 · answered by squeezy 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I do. There is so much truth in them. I have read and noted loads of them and I have found that they are indeed real time sayings. Read one, and use your imagination to go find out what is beyond the words.....
2007-11-06 22:43:25 · answer #8 · answered by World Vision 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The proverbs are written by the wisest man to ever live. I do not dismiss them as you do, that would be foolish.
2007-11-04 08:47:33 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 4⤋
The Bible says that God's ways and man's ways are totally different from one another. So the fact that you think they are absud is only proof that there is a God.
2007-11-04 08:48:09 · answer #10 · answered by oldguy63 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋