Topic: quotations (Scripture)
I missed out on posting Proverbs chapter 5 here yesterday since I sank so much of my time into playing Disgaea* (the first one) rather than focusing on getting things done
today, I'm going to see if I can get some work finished instead of just letting that game eat all of my time (and if I do play, I wouldn't want to go more than 3 hours tops! x_x; ...)
*seriously, this game made me realize that there are some good sRPGs out there and that I like them A LOT!~ (I didn't like the little I had played of Fire Emblem before since I thought that the whole strategy aspect of it was annoying "look, I can only move ahead by 5 squares! yay~" but FFT and the first Grandia game are lovely...)
Proverbs Chapter 5
this is basically a warning against impurity and infidelity
My child be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding,
so that you may hold on to prudence, and your lips may guard knowledge.
For the lips of a loose woman drip honey; and her speech is smoother than oil; but in the end she is bitter as worm wood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps follow the path to Sheol.
She does not keep straight to the path of life; her ways wander, and she does not know it.
And now; my child, listen to me, and do not depart from the words of my mouth.
Keep your way far from her, and do not go near the door of her house;
or you will give your honor to others,
and your years to the merciless, and strangers will take their fill of your wealth,
and your labors will go to the house of an alien;
and at the end of your life you will groan, when your flesh and body are consumed,
and you say,"Oh, how I hated discipline, and my heart despised reproof!
I did not listen to the voice of my teachers or incline my ear to my instructors.
Now I am at the point of utter ruin in the public assembly."Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well.
Should your springs be scattered abroad, streams of water in the streets?
Let them be for yourself alone, and not for sharing with strangers.
Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the fountain of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe.
May her breasts satisfy you at all times; may you be intoxicated always by her love.
Why should you be intoxicated, my son, by another woman and embrace the bosom of an adulteress?
For human ways are under the eyes of the LORD, and he examines all their paths.
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare them, and they are caught in the toils of their sin.
They die for lack of discipline, and because of their great folly they are lost.
-as for this reading, the part that really speaks to me is the last verse since I have a hard time staying focused and finishing the task at hand instead of going off to do something else... -_-;
(-interesting that the last bits of these chapters of Proverbs are the most thought-provoking... I didn't notice that until just now ^-^; ...)
Bibles really need to be made out of sturdier paper since if they're read everyday and are often carried around will get worn out rather easily -I am saying this since I don't like how thin the pages of mine are, since they're akin to an onion skin and I don't want to accidentally rip them or anything...
Posted by Daiko
at 11:37 AM EST
Updated: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:40 AM EST
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Updated: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:40 AM EST
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