John A. Broussard

Terrific!

I think we have the makings of a parlor game here.

Random bible verse, then everyone constructs a moral.

Maybe this could be patented. A bible for moral makers!

JEST2ASK

Leviticus 9:21 (KJRV) But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved ... as a wave offering before the Lord as Moses had commanded....

I was orginally going for Song of Solomom
1: (12) While the king is at his table My spinkenard sends for its fragrance
(13) A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me ... That lies all night between my breasts ...

NZSkep

How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock." Psalms 137:9, NAB

moral there? Always kill your kids - it saves you loads of money?

NZSkep

how about
"Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything." (Ephesians 5:22-24)
moral of the story: women! know your limits!

Evilicious

Ezekiel 23:20 "There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses." (NIV)

Moral: Size Matters.

John A. Broussard

The Catholic Church has already gone wild with the Song of Solomon.

Here's just one verse:

4:1 Thy two breasts like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lillies.

Which means:

"Thy two breasts. Mystically to be understood: the love of God and the love of our neighbour."

diana

Yours is racier than the KJV, which says it's the right shoulder. The difference in translation indicates that that portion of the verse is inconsequential before the Lord. He's clearly a breast man.

I had to look up "spikenard." It's a smelly Indian plant, pronounced "nerd." So we have two things going on here...the king is sitting at his table and there's a smelly plant...smelling, apparently.

This was before they had Vick's Vap-o-rub.

In context, he's on about smelly things he has while "the king is at his table." The moral here seems to be that heavy perfumes alleviate the soapless result of poverty, which explains why so many poor folk dump perfume on themselves instead of just bathing. It's right there in the bible! Whodathunk?

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diana

Maybe.

I think "your little ones" is a euphemism for the family jewels, although dashing them against a rock is difficult to pull off unless they're...pulled off. But then, the psalmist is talking to Babylon personified here. Just as Christ's body is the church, so is Babylon's body. The "little ones" are those special persons who control the king.

The psalmist is saying every kingdom needs these people pushed off a cliff periodically.

d

JEST2ASK

:notworthy :notworthy :notworthy

Chris Weimer "Humans are very adept ..."@ especially Diana , time and imagination being key ...

@ took only the part of the quote I felt was useful to further illustrate the ease of finding (inventing) moral lessons ...


ETA ... to NZSkep & Evilicious also good work

diana

Happy to amuse you.

Incidentally...I was looking for a story, from which a moral could (or could not) be derived. I wasn't looking for verses to interpret (although I admit it is fun). I think there's a difference between the two.

d