Enduring Word Bible Commentary Proverbs 18.
A writing class is a great venue for incorporating proverbs into teaching. With the effective use of proverbs, a teacher can both help students develop their writing skills and deepen their cultural knowledge. In other words, the use of proverbs kills two birds with one stone!
Proverbs 18:21. Death and life (are) in the power of the tongue Of witnesses, according to the testimony they bear; of judges, according to the sentence they pass; of teachers, according to the doctrine they preach; of all men, who, by their well or ill speaking, bring death or life to themselves and others.
Asherah, associated symbolically with trees, was reduced, in effect, to the wisdom of YHWH personified, who is “a tree of life to those who lay hold of her” (Proverbs 3:18). Attempts to understand the significance of Woman Wisdom in ancient Israelite life and in the canonical and deuterocanonical traditions underscore her deep ambiguity: to feminist thought, whether historically or.
Hymns for Proverbs 15. Hear Our Prayer, O Lord; Friend of the friendless; Softly now the light of day; Hymns for Proverbs 16. Trust and Obey; Wonderful Words of Life; My Soul Proclaims with Wonder; Hymns for Proverbs 17. O God of truth, whose living Word; I've Found a Friend; Refiner's Fire; Hymns for Proverbs 18. Would that I were more closely.
A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly. The eyes of the LORD are everywhere, keeping watch on the wicked and the good. The soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. A fool spurns a parent’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
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An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels. Fools find no pleasure in understanding but deligh.