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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Each language has its own ways of saying proverbs. There are many proverbs in th
This means that it is better to be a good person and to have a good reputation than it is to have a lot of money.
>Like vinegar on the teeth and smoke in the eyes,
>so is the sluggard to those who send him. (Proverbs 10:26 ULB)
>so is the lazy person to those who send him. (Proverbs 10:26 ULB)
This means that a lazy person is very annoying to those who send him to do something.
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1. Find out how people say proverbs in your language, and use one of those ways.
* **A good name is to be chosen over great riches,**
**and favor is better than silver and gold.** (Proverbs 22:1 ULB)
* **A good name is to be chosen over great riches,
and favor is better than silver and gold.** (Proverbs 22:1 ULB)
Here are some ideas for ways that people might say a proverb in their language.
@ -60,23 +59,22 @@ Here are some ideas for ways that people might say a proverb in their language.
1. If certain objects in the proverb are not known to many people in your language group, consider replacing them with objects that people know and that function in the same way in your language.
* **Like <u>snow in summer</u> or rain in harvest,**
**so a fool does not deserve honor.** (Proverbs 26:1 ULB)
* **Like <u>snow in summer</u> or rain in harvest,
so a fool does not deserve honor.** (Proverbs 26:1 ULB)
* It is not natural for <u>a cold wind to blow in the hot season</u> or for it to rain in the harvest season; And it is not natural to honor a foolish person.
1. Substitute a proverb in your language that has the same teaching as the proverb in the Bible.
* **Do not boast about tomorrow** (Proverbs 27:1 ULB)
* **Do not boast about tomorrow.** (Proverbs 27:1 ULB)
* Do not count your chickens before they hatch.
1. Give the same teaching but not in a form of a proverb.
* **A generation that curses their father and does not bless their mother,**
**that is a generation that is pure in their own eyes,**
**but they are not washed of their filth.** (Proverbs 30:11-12 ULB)
* **A generation that curses their father and does not bless their mother,
that is a generation that is pure in their own eyes,
but they are not washed of their filth.** (Proverbs 30:11-12 ULB)
* People who do not respect their parents think that they are righteous, and they do not turn away from their sin.