12 posts tagged “king solomon”

He who oppresses the poor to increase his riches,
      And he who gives to the rich,
            will surely come to poverty.  
                                                King Solomon

 ^1-5 Dear friend, do what I tell you; treasure my careful instructions.
Do what I say and you'll live well.
   My teaching is as precious as your eyesight—guard it!
Write it out on the back of your hands;
   etch it on the chambers of your heart.
Talk to Wisdom as to a sister.
   Treat Insight as your companion.
They'll be with you to fend off the Temptress—
   that smooth-talking, honey-tongued Seductress.

 ^6-12 As I stood at the window of my house
   looking out through the shutters,
Watching the mindless crowd stroll by,
   I spotted a young man without any sense
Arriving at the corner of the street where she lived,
   then turning up the path to her house.
It was dusk, the evening coming on,
   the darkness thickening into night.
Just then, a woman met him—
   she'd been lying in wait for him, dressed to seduce him.
Brazen and brash she was,
   restless and roaming, never at home,
Walking the streets, loitering in the mall,
   hanging out at every corner in town.

 ^13-20 She threw her arms around him and kissed him,
   boldly took his arm and said,
"I've got all the makings for a feast—
   today I made my offerings, my vows are all paid,
So now I've come to find you,
   hoping to catch sight of your face—and here you are!
I've spread fresh, clean sheets on my bed,
   colorful imported linens.
My bed is aromatic with spices
   and exotic fragrances.
Come, let's make love all night,
   spend the night in ecstatic lovemaking!
My husband's not home; he's away on business,
   and he won't be back for a month."

 ^21-23 Soon she has him eating out of her hand,
   bewitched by her honeyed speech.
Before you know it, he's trotting behind her,
   like a calf led to the butcher shop,
Like a stag lured into ambush
   and then shot with an arrow,
Like a bird flying into a net
   not knowing that its flying life is over.

 ^24-27 So, friends, listen to me,
   take these words of mine most seriously.
Don't fool around with a woman like that;
   don't even stroll through her neighborhood.
Countless victims come under her spell;
   she's the death of many a poor man.
She runs a halfway house to hell,
   fits you out with a shroud and a coffin.

King Solomon
the 7th proverb

translation:

           Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming;
               But who is able to stand before jealousy?

                                                            King Solomon

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Do not weary yourself to gain wealth,
         Cease from your consideration of it. 

When you set your eyes on it, it is gone.
         For wealth certainly makes itself wings
         Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens.

                                                                           King Solomon

"There is a right time and a right way for everything,
       yet people often have many troubles.
They do not know what the future holds,
       and no one can tell them what will happen.
No one can control the wind
       or stop his own death. 
No soldier is released in times of war,
       and evil does not set free those who do evil."

                                                 King Solomon

"Because sentence against an evil work

is not executed speedily,

therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them

to do evil."

King Solomon

"Charm is deceptive and beauty is vain, 
    but a woman who respects the LORD will be praised."

                                                                                          King Solomon

"Wealth obtained by fraud will dwindle,

     but whoever earns it through labor

     will multiply it."

                                      King Solomon  

The quiet words of a wise person are better
       than the shouts of a foolish ruler.

 Wisdom is better than weapons of war,
       but one sinner can destroy much good.

                               King Solomon

     "There is a generation that curses its father,
      And does not bless its mother. 
      There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes,
      Yet is not washed from its filthiness. 
      There is a generation—oh, how lofty are their eyes!
      And their eyelids are lifted up. 
      There is a generation whose teeth are like swords,
      And whose fangs are like knives,
      To devour the poor from off the earth,
      And the needy from among men."

                                                     King Solomon