The greatest snakes is not in the woods,
Rather, it lives in the family
Or in the circle of friends.
In this life, whether in work,
Family, feelings or friends
Honesty is still the best policy.
Those who are not tried in the fire,
Are worth not for gold but a metal
They become Judas, Ananias and Sapphira.
The love of money always betray trust,
It compels to do the heinous crime
Of abusing public trust and always tell lies.
I
Spirit of God gives wisdom:
Read Acts, chapters 4 & 5
Doing charity and kicked down
Ananais & Sapphira: not alive
II
Peter sensed this couple, Christian
Had ignoble motives, sold land
Lied to him, they donated everything
At his feet. Scary bible study. Be warned
There was a Biblical character, Ananias
Whose personality traits were surely manias
He was a liar, liar, liar
Minus the Holy Spirit hit hell's fire
Ananias had a wife named Sapphira
Who swayed like the palm, palmyra
Her desire was to husband who was a liar
Now she is roasting in that hot hell fire
Manias- an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action
This clerihew taken from Biblical passage Acts 5: 1-10, loosely interpreted
A biblical woman
who sold a possession
She wanted more money
kept back part of the price
agreed with her honey
A biblical woman
She lied to keep back more
did not lie unto men
but she lied unto God
She fell dead in the end
A biblical woman
Putting on a facade
Pretending before men
But God does see it all
She thought that she could bend
A biblical woman
dishonest act exposed
She did not meet her goal
The story can be closed
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