August 2010

Wise and Godly Comparisons

Gold and silver make for security but good advice is better.
Wealth and strength give confidence, but good counsel is more esteemed than either.
Life is pleasant both for an independent person and a self-reliant worker, but still better off is the one who finds a treasure.
Wine and music gladden the heart, but better still is the […]

Garden of Blessings

Kindness is like a garden of blessings and charity endures forever.
Owning a cattle and plantations brings fame, but a perfect wife is a richer blessing.
The fear of the Lord is like a garden of blessings; it clothes a person better than any glory.

Generous Man versus Sinners

A generous man has reason to rejoice, whereas sinners go their ruin.
The children of the ungodly will not be blessed with large families; they are like plants taking root on the sheer rock, like reeds in water and along the river bank, withering sooner than other plants.
The name of a man who has children or […]

The Misery of Human Life

Painful is the lot of all humans, a heavy yoke is upon the sons of Adam from the day they leave their mother’s womb to the day they return to the mother of us all.
What is on their mind, what they fear in their heart, is the day of their death. From the king, glorious […]