Quotes from the Book of Proverbs

Choose a proverb.

Find a proverb you like. If you do not understand it or its context, ask your parents for help. Pray over it, use your imagination, and let that proverb inspire a story. 

OR

If you prefer research over creative writing, you may use a factual style approach and do an exegesis essay.

The process of exegesis involves 

1) Observation: what does the proverb say? 

2) Interpretation: what does it mean? 

3) Correlation: how does this proverb relate to the rest of the Bible? 

4) Application: how should this affect your life?

IEW STEPS TO A GREAT ESSAY

1) WRITE YOUR KWO first

2) Talk through your KWO and then . . . .  

3) Write your first Rough Draft. 

4) Continue to perfect your essay, until you have a Final Draft with which you are satisfied.

5) PROOF  . . .   PROOF   . . .  PROOF it.  :-)

No banned words

No contractions

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For receiving instruction in prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair. 

(Proverbs 1:3)

Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.

(Proverbs 3:5)

Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.

(Proverbs 22:6)

"Every word of God is flawless; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him." 

(Proverbs 30:5)

A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

(Proverbs 17:22)

Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and He will establish your plans.

(Proverbs 16:3) 

In their hearts human beings plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps. 

(Proverbs 16:9) 

Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.

(Proverbs 16:18) 

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

(Proverbs 15:1) 

Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. 

(Proverbs 31:30) 

In all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight.

(Proverbs 3:6) 

Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching. 

(Proverbs 1:8) 

Many are the plans in a human heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails.

(Proverbs 19:21)  

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people. 

(Proverbs 14:34)  

Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. 

(Proverbs 13:20) 

Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you.

(Proverbs 4:6)  

The wise fear the LORD and shun evil, but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure.

(Proverbs 14:16) 

For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.  

(Proverbs 8:11)  

Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the LORD, and he will avenge you.  

(Proverbs 20:22) 

Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity.

(Proverbs 21:23) 

The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.

(Proverbs 10:16)  

Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult.

(Proverbs 12:16) 

Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray. 

(Proverbs 10:17)  

Those who are kind benefit themselves, but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.

(Proverbs 11:17)  

. . . . blessed are those who trust in the LORD. (Proverbs 16:20)   

Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up. 

(Proverbs 12:25)  

. . . . the complacency of fools will destroy them.  (Proverbs 1:32)  

Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored. 

(Proverbs 13:18)  

The righteous choose their friends carefully, but the way of the wicked leads them

astray.  (Proverbs 12:26)  

. . . . blessed are those who are kind to the needy.  (Proverbs 14:21) 

Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness.

(Proverbs 16:21)

  

All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.  (Proverbs 14:23)  

Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but whoever takes crooked paths will be

found out.  (Proverbs 10:9) 

Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evildoers.

(Proverbs 4:14)  

When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone, but the righteous stand firm

forever.  (Proverbs 10:25)  

Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned? (Proverbs 6:27)  

Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value.  (Proverbs 10:2a)  

The greedy bring ruin to their households.  (Proverbs 15:27a) 

He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest

is a disgraceful son.   (Proverbs 10:5)  

Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.

(Proverbs 3:29)

Happy Birthday!

 

Pourquoi Tale DUE: May 12, 2021

Complete the corrections of the pourquoi tale from classwork 

Homework: Write your own Pouquoi Tale

1, 2, or 3 paragraphs -- your choice

Indicate 1 of each DRESS UP per paragraph

Indicate 1 of each OPENER per paragraph

Indicate 1 DEC in each paragraph

Indicate 1 M3 in each paragraph

Indicate 1 OWL in the whole essay

NOs are the same   . . . .  EXCEPT for dialogue . . . .  Minimal dialogue is allowed

How to Write a Pourquoi Tale

There are several elements to a pourquoi tale. As you read these how and why stories, you’ll probably notice a pattern among the various folktales.

• The title should have “How” or “Why” in it. 
• Animals, people, and elements of nature are at the center of the story.
• Animals or natural elements have human like-qualities, such as the ability to talk.
• The story begins with how things were, before i.e, “In the High and Far-Off Times the Elephant, O Best Beloved, had no trunk.”
• A character has a problem or a habit.
• A series of events occur causing a change.
• The folktale ends with the character or element of the world as it looks now.

There was once an old woman who was very poor and lived in a small mud hut thatched with mats made from leaves of the palm in the bush. She was often hungry, as there was no one to look after her.

In the olden days the moon used often to come down to the earth, although she lived most of the time in the sky. The moon was a fat woman with a skin of hide, and she was full of fat meat. She was quite round, and in the night used to give plenty of light. The moon was sorry for the poor starving old woman, so she came to her and said, “You may cut some of my meat away for your food.” This the old woman did every evening, and the moon got smaller and smaller until you could scarcely see her at all. Of course this made her give very little light, and all the people began to grumble in consequence, and to ask why it was that the moon was getting so thin.

At last the people went to the old woman’s house where there happened to be a little girl sleeping. She had been there for some little time, and had seen the moon come down every evening, and the old woman go out with her knife and carve her daily supply of meat out of the moon. As she was very frightened, she told the people all about it, so they determined to set a watch on the movements of the old woman.

That very night the moon came down as usual, and the old woman went out with her knife and basket to get her food; but before she could carve any meat all the people rushed out shouting, and the moon was so frightened that she went back again into the sky, and never came down again to the earth. The old woman was left to starve in the bush.

Ever since that time the moon has hidden herself most of the day, as she was so frightened, and she still gets very thin once a month, but later on she gets fat again, and when she is quite fat she gives plenty of light all the night; but this does not last very long, and she begins to get thinner and thinner, in the same way as she did when the old woman was carving her meat from her.