One who gives a right answer kisses the lips. Proverbs 24:26 NASB Right answer – What an odd saying! What does giving the correct answer have to do with a kiss? It’s almost as if the entire verse is idiomatic. And many translations take it that way. So, we get: “An honest answer is the…
To know wisdom and instruction, to discern the sayings of understanding, Proverbs 1:2 NASB Instruction – Hebrew education? Well, let’s see. Rabbi Ishmael’s answer to the question of Ben Damah (Menachoth 99b): “May one such as I who have studied the whole of the Torah learn Greek wisdom?—He thereupon read to him the following verse, ‘This book…
