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Proverbs was mostly okay. Not nearly as stupid and dogmatic as Psalms.
I'm in Preacher now and I find this set of passages interesting.
9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous,
and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean;
to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the
good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an
oath.
9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that
there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is
full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after
that they go to the dead.
9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a
living dog is better than a dead lion.
9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any
thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is
forgotten.
9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now
perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing
that is done under the sun.
9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a
merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
All through the bible, I see this. Peoples bones are laid with their ancestors, they are buried, dead, and the world goes on. Here it is stated a bit more blatantly.
There is no afterlife. Summarized, I read this bit as 'Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die.'
I'm in Preacher now and I find this set of passages interesting.
9:2 All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous,
and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean;
to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the
good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an
oath.
9:3 This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that
there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is
full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after
that they go to the dead.
9:4 For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a
living dog is better than a dead lion.
9:5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any
thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is
forgotten.
9:6 Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now
perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing
that is done under the sun.
9:7 Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a
merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
All through the bible, I see this. Peoples bones are laid with their ancestors, they are buried, dead, and the world goes on. Here it is stated a bit more blatantly.
There is no afterlife. Summarized, I read this bit as 'Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die.'
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Proverbs is actually pretty cool. Song of Solomon is purely hot.
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