- Righteousness
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A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who pours out lies will not go free. (Proverbs 19:5)
A false witness will not go unpunished,
and he who pours out lies will perish. (Proverbs 19:9)
What I want to know, is how did someone sit down and decide that these 29 versus should make up a chapter and these other 33 versus should make up another chapter, and so on. Why isn't Proverbs simply one long run-on chapter?
I realize that today's blog is nothing more than a sophomoric rant and is a clear demonstration of my lack of wisdom :) But it's Friday and I am loosing my focus.
Peace.
1 comment:
Actually, I shared ALL these sentiments with you as I read through the
Proverbs of Solomon last week or a week ago (I forget where I'm at...
Somewhere in the mid 20's, probably like 24). I noticed those same two
verses that were almost identical. The Proverbs are completely random
and I too wondered why Solomon's Proverbs were dissected so randomly
into chapters... I mean, at least divide them evenly, say 30 vs. a
chapter!
To be honest, I shared your sentiment of Proverbs and the boredom that
it affords... In fact, the only way I can get through this book is by
reading one a morning while eating breakfast (doing my other reading at
other times of the day). Be encouraged if you haven't gotten there yet
that starting in Proverbs 22 are "the sayings of the wise" and I found
these to be much more interesting. Then again, I'm strange, so maybe
only I find them more interesting. :)
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