Proverbs

I always liked Proverbs, even when I was little. I don't know exactly why; I think it's just because it's a generalized "guide to life," if you will. I just always found it comforting.

Verse 11 of Chapter 1 reminded me of an Anne Rice novel (my favorite author): "Come with us, let us lay wait for blood." Let's see the stupid Twilight author come up with a line like that.

I noticed one thing right away about Solomon: if there's one thing he is not, it's sexist. Solomon loves women, and anything female for that matter. In the first Chapter of Proverbs, and throughout the rest of the book, he even refers to Wisdom, the thing that matters the most to Solomon, as "she."

"For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother." So David didn't really pay much attention to his special son, even though he took the throne away from Absalom for him?

Even though Song of Songs is generally the "marriage" book, I thought this verse was really...well, romantic: "Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roa; let her breasts satisty thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love."

More "empowering women" info: "Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands."

We need to tell high school rumor-spreaders this verse: "A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul."

"Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard." Kind of Dickens-esque, is it not? Scrooooooge....

"Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them." I think this verse has a lot of relevance today, because it seems like everyone is envious of bad men (and women), like celebrities and politicians. A lot of times, we're jealous of those with more money than us, regardless if they're good or evil.

"He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length." Interesting verse.

Solomon says a virtuous woman has a price "far above rubies." I wish men still thought like that today...why isn't virtue a virtue anymore?