Apart - Reading Performance Task Select one of the following proverbs or folktales and answer the following questions: 1. Who relates this proverb/tale? 2. To whom is the proverb/tale told? 3. When‚ where‚ and upon what circumstances is the proverb told? 4. Explain some ways the meaning of the proverb/tale connects with the persons telling and hearing it. 5. What meaning does this proverb/tale offer you in the context of your own life? PROVERBS AND FOLKTALES Why the snake lizard killed his mother (and
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1. Proverbs expressing general attitude towards life and the laws that govern life. * Early to bed and early to rise‚ makes a man healthy‚ wealthy and wise. * It’s no use locking the stable door after the horse has bolted. * Laugh and the world laughs with you‚ weep and you weep alone. * See a pin and pick it up‚ all the day you’ll have good luck; see a pin and let it lie‚ bad luck you’ll have all day. * ‘Tis better to have loved and lost‚ than never to have loved at all.
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A learned man came to me once. He said‚ "I know the way-come." And I was overjoyed at this. Together we hastened. Soon‚ too soon‚ were we Where my eyes were useless‚ And I knew not the ways of my feet. I clung to the hand of my friend; But at last he cried‚ "I am lost." Stephen Crane I have chosen to use "A learned man came to me once" as the topic of my essay. This peom teaches us the dangers of following this world. The world we live in today encouages us to blindly follow. We are surrounded
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Scripture and Interpretation Interpretation Project The Book of Ecclesiastes Ecclesiastes 11: 7-12:8 In this project I decided to do the book of Ecclesiastes. I chose this verse because so many people have the wrong idea of living life. I personally wanted to have a better understanding and appreciate the value of compassion and carefulness in preparing for the future. In the book of Ecclesiastes it was written by Solomon who was King’s David son; Solomon was known as “The Teacher”. In the
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Two sisters‚ Lexus and Mazda‚ once lived in not-quite-so-ancient Japan. They grew up‚ played games‚ and attended school together. After graduating from high school‚ the sisters moved to Tokyo in pursuit of college education. Even though they shared their lives and the two-room apartment with each other‚ Mazda studied interior design while Lexus took up spiritual practices. To-riririri-riiing. Ririri-riiing. Ririri-riiing. Ririri-riiing. Ririri-ri- "Hello‚ you have reached the Subaru residence
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going to talk wisdom‚ and how we can use it in our daily life. But first let me ask a question to the class. What is Wisdom? What is the purpose of wisdom? Knowledge guided by insight and understanding. Reverence for God is the source of wisdom (Proverbs 9:10). In order to receive wisdom we must ask God for this guidance in our time of need. For example‚ if we are being pressured by our peers‚ asking God for wisdom would be the smart choice to make. Wisdom is more valuable than riches and will always
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Reading the book of Ecclesiastes one may think the author is one of those who teaches against riches‚ saying that they are not associated with Godliness. However he is the same teacher who authored the book of Proverbs in which he is teaching us to work hard to avoid poverty(proverbs10v4). In the book of Ecclesiastes 2v18-23 he questions the value of all this hard labour since we will not take any wealth when we die. Does the teacher contradict himself or there is something he wants us to learn
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The author‚ King Solomon‚ dealt with several pursuits throughout the writing of the Book of Ecclesiastes. When Solomon became king‚ he asked God for wisdom and God granted him wisdom and he became the wisest man in the world. He was extremely knowledgeable and so much so that leaders from other nations came to Jerusalem to learn from him. Although Solomon was able to teach and advise others‚ he began a downward spiral in life because he failed to heed his own advice. In Ecclesiastes‚ Solomon
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Yahweh as being older than any mountains depicts the legend of the creation which is similar to the creative drama portrayed in Job 38-39. The temporal expression of the word before and the dust is similar to the divine presence of God depicted in Proverbs
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How do the Book of Job and the Labourers in the Vineyard demonstrate that God’s justice is not our own justice and that our rationality does not confine God’s freedom and wisdom? The journey we take in life can be based on how we perceive what is right‚ what we are free to do‚ and our knowledge of things. Reasonable behaviour and thinking‚ also known as our rationality‚ can be distinguished from how God’s justice‚ freedom and wisdom. Is it possible that our own moral values can differentiate from
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