Proverbs

Korea was influenced by the Confucian culture. Korea was a male-dominated society. There was huge gender discrimination and had patriarchal property which is a social system that males hold primary power and role of leadership of whole family. Therefore, the men tend to go to work and many women stay home and take care for their children. Due to Confucian’s idea, we have to respect elder people so that we have to use different words for elder in order to represent the respect. Furthermore, we…

Kua tawhiti ke to haerenga mai, kia kore e haere tonu. He tino nui rawa ou mahi, kia kore e mahi nui tonu"."You have come too far not to go further. You have done too much not to do more Te Kupenga Mōteatea was chosen after many hours of reading and researching Tuwharetoa - History of the Maori People of the Taupo District (Grace, Te.H) 1959. The storyline of Te Kupenga involves friendship, love, conflict, insult, war and revenge. In this essay I will describe what Te Kupenga Mōteatea means…

temper and rid ourselves of vanity” etc. Luther also says one must unceasingly guard against sin and wrong-doing through continual prayer. He also says that there is a saying “ascribed to St. Jerome that everything a believer does is prayer and a proverb, ‘He who works faithfully prays twice.’ … Such thoughts and faith undoubtedly transform his work into prayer and a sacrifice of…

this section, we see that Okonkwo has lost his faith in his personal god (chi) saying that “…his personal god or chi was not made for great things.” He thinks of his exile as his chi turning against him. Previously in the book there was written a proverb that said “…that if a man said yes his chi also affirmed.” Okonkwo’s discouragement can be identified by his belief that the saying was not true, that he “… was a man whose chi said nay despite his own affirmation.” His loss of belief in his…

Summary Children are so unique and different. No two are the same. They have different likes, dislikes, learning styles, and backgrounds. Children with Autism Spectrum disorder are different and challenging. They struggle with having no social relationships and communication skills. Autism Spectrum disorder is “a pervasive development disorder affecting communication and social developments and causing, at times a variety of unusual behaviors and unusual reactions to sensory stimulation.” (Kirk,…

Ithaka begins by striking the reader with a “voyage” to a destination called “Ithaka.” The author proclaims that he hopes the “voyage is a long one,” which doesn’t appear to make much sense if we are trying to reach “Ithaka,” because surely the distention is superior to the place where the “voyage” started. Through this, the author distinguishes that “Ithaca” the “island” is not intended, but rather what is intended is “Ithaka” the spirit. In our voyage, we shall not be afraid of encountering…

wanted the rest of the world to do the same so they began pressuring South America to abolish slavery. African slaves acquainted the Spanish and Portuguese with thousands of words into their language. They incorporated their myths, brain teasers, proverbs and stories along with the Amerindians and Europeans to create the abundantly diverse folklore of South America. The labor that the African slaves provided South America helped their economy tremendously. They made other substantial impacts on…

Although this power isn’t only relegated to God or the mayor in the example. People like you and me have this. If our words did not have power, there would not have been any need to talk about the power of the tongue for most of James chapter 3. Proverbs 18:21 says that “death and life are in the power of the tongue.” In Matthew 12:37, Jesus that by our words will we be justified or condemn. So, while this concept applies to God creating and operating in the area of words, this concept applies…

it! Tom’s pranks didn’t make Aunt Polly happy and Tom deserved all the Punishments he got. Aunt Polly was a consistent in disabling Tom and parents should take care of the kids and confront them if there pranks are not pleasing to Christ! Proverbs 22:6 explains, “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” So training a child in the way they should go so that they may not depart from Christ! So keep in mind the next time you want to do a…

(lifeless or non living) object and expecting anything to happen from just your spoken words. I’ll bet you a lot of Christians are still like Moses today. God was trying to teach His servant Moses a valuable lesson about the spiritual law of words. Proverbs 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. Death & life are in Words that have authority and power behind them (God created the earth with His word). We know that previously-39yrs earlier…