Wisdom literature in bible

[Renarax]

Can you tell me which of the five books that are called wisdom books in the bible made the most difference in how you lived your life.? Also please give me like one sentence for each wisdom book explaining why it is important in modern life. I need to know why they’re important if I’m going to tell someone to read them. Would’ve done it but haven’t read the whole of the bible.

Ps- is the song of Solomon supposed to explain how a marriage should be or something else? Very confusing

 

[Mystical_Seeker]

I love the beginning of Sirach 30, one of those books that is only in the Catholic Bible.

I found it while I was looking for scriptures after my father died. Since then I’ve offered it to other families whose fathers had passed away

Sir 30
1 Whoever loves a son will chastise him often,
that he may be his joy when he grows up.

2 Whoever disciplines a son will benefit from him,
and boast of him among acquaintances.

3 Whoever educates a son will make his enemy jealous,
and rejoice in him among his friends.

4 At the father’s death, he will seem not dead,
for he leaves after him one like himself,

5 Whom he looked upon through life with joy,
and in death, without regret.

6 Against his enemies he has left an avenger,
and one to repay his friends with kindness.

 

[Renarax]

I love the beginning of Sirach 30, one of those books that is only in the Catholic Bible.

I found it while I was looking for scriptures after my father died. Since then I’ve offered it to other families whose fathers had passed away

Sir 30
1 Whoever loves a son will chastise him often,
that he may be his joy when he grows up.

2 Whoever disciplines a son will benefit from him,
and boast of him among acquaintances.

3 Whoever educates a son will make his enemy jealous,
and rejoice in him among his friends.

4 At the father’s death, he will seem not dead,
for he leaves after him one like himself,

5 Whom he looked upon through life with joy,
and in death, without regret.

6 Against his enemies he has left an avenger,
and one to repay his friends with kindness.

Good quotes. Too bad I’d never heard of sirach until now

 

[Mystical_Seeker]

Good quotes. Too bad I’d never heard of sirach until now

Yeah, here’s another one, from “Wisdom 1” (another Catholic only book) that I whip out from time to time, when someone gets too self-righteous and serious and important, about drug laws and Big Pharma, etc… kpeople:

Wis 1

12 Do not court death[f] by your erring way of life,
nor draw to yourselves destruction by the works of your hands.

13 Because God did not make death,
nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living.

14 For he fashioned all things that they might have being,
and the creatures of the world are wholesome;

There is not a destructive drug among them
nor any domain of Hades[g] on earth,

15 For righteousness is undying.

Actually that whole chapter is awesome. Lotsa juicy stuff to squeeze into and over the conversation from time to tiem.

Protestants, see what your Main Man did? He called the Church on its errs, but threw out the baby with the bathwater.

When I was little, I used to hear “Martin Luther King” and thought it was talking about Martin Luther.

MS

 

[Renarax]

I love the beginning of Sirach 30, one of those books that is only in the Catholic Bible.

I found it while I was looking for scriptures after my father died. Since then I’ve offered it to other families whose fathers had passed away

Sir 30
1 Whoever loves a son will chastise him often,
that he may be his joy when he grows up.

2 Whoever disciplines a son will benefit from him,
and boast of him among acquaintances.

3 Whoever educates a son will make his enemy jealous,
and rejoice in him among his friends.

4 At the father’s death, he will seem not dead,
for he leaves after him one like himself,

5 Whom he looked upon through life with joy,
and in death, without regret.

6 Against his enemies he has left an avenger,
and one to repay his friends with kindness.

Yeah, here’s another one, from “Wisdom 1” (another Catholic only book) that I whip out from time to time, when someone gets too self-righteous and serious and important, about drug laws and Big Pharma, etc… kpeople:

Wis 1

12 Do not court death[f] by your erring way of life,
nor draw to yourselves destruction by the works of your hands.

13 Because God did not make death,
nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living.

14 For he fashioned all things that they might have being,
and the creatures of the world are wholesome;

There is not a destructive drug among them
nor any domain of Hades[g] on earth,

15 For righteousness is undying.

Actually that whole chapter is awesome. Lotsa juicy stuff to squeeze into and over the conversation from time to tiem.

Protestants, see what your Main Man did? He called the Church on its errs, but threw out the baby with the bathwater.

When I was little, I used to hear “Martin Luther King” and thought it was talking about Martin Luther.

MS

Is this the douay reims? If so I’ll download it immediately

 

[Mystical_Seeker]

Is this the douay reims? If so I’ll download it immediately

No. It’s the NABRE, now on biblegateway.com, along with some D-R and many others.

Wisdom 1 at Biblegateway

I also own it on Kindle.

I like NABRE because if it’s good enough to be “what’s for dinner” in our country, then it’s the one I want to become familiar with.

Others have reasons for preferring other versions; it makes more sense to them or they are Too Good to use the same one the rest of us use, etc. I think it’s great to compare multiple versions of the same scripture, and biblegateway has that function to compare verses side by side.

The reason is that the Bible was not dictated in Modern English or even Old English. Looking at more than one translation gives me more ways to stretch my thoughts around the words. Like putting on a fitted sheet and having a partner.