Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

Is King Solomon Still Relevant

 
  
             Spare the rod
             You’ll come to hate the child 
              King Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes
                 Isn’t that wild

	      Commentators cite Abraham the Patriarch
                 who constantly pampered Ishmael
               Abraham watched his undisciplined son go off the rails

               Not to mention Isaac, who loved Esau, let him do what he wanted
                  which led Esau to rape women, whom ‘for sport’ he hunted

               So, Solomon really meant what he said 
                   Abraham came to hate Ishmael; Isaac, Esau to dread
                
               Yet if you still consider King Solomon an irrelevant old head

               Know that his advice came with one proviso
                  A father must never – ever – strike a child when he is riled!

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Joe Maverick June 22, 2026 at 2:24 PM We all fall short of the Glory of God as Far as my experience tells me.' And that Was after i never took notice fully of the Bible in the first place..I am different now, more able to recieve instruction yet by no means perfect.' Not at all.' I am told my writes can be preachy i had Hoped they were peachy.? What we do In not always what we intend' best let God guide us to the better end.' I will go on to note how king david instructed solomon to slay joab after he david died surely solomon.. Joe Maverick June 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM Knew better yet he orderd the killing Joab ran into the tent of meeting and grasped the horns of the alter crying for mercy..solomons men hacked him to death right there.' Later solomon would allow baal Worship baal in groves he'd created terrible acts He oversaw..Thats how a man can fall.' Jesus is our only renewal.) Amen.!!!

Joseph P. DiMino June 22, 2026 at 7:55 AM Good advice for all ages, my friend. Well said. So that I clearly understand: Never strike a child when he is riled...who is riled, the child or the father? Maybe applies to both? Gershon Wolf June 22, 2026 at 8:11 PM 'Riled' is meant to apply to the father, but I like your take on it. ~ Gershon