Instructional Parables and Admonitions

Layer

Full Word of God

Collection

3.7 Qumran — The Wilderness Library

Classification

Qumran witness

Relationship to Scripture

Closely related · not in the Restored Bible

Instructional Parables and Admonitions

[Brief parabolic teachings gathered from the wisdom fragments.]

As a tree planted by streams of water yields its fruit in season, so is the man who meditates on the law day and night; but the wicked are like chaff that the wind drives away. [Text missing]

As silver is refined in the furnace, so is the heart tried by affliction; the dross is taken away, and the pure remains. As a shepherd seeks the lost sheep, so the LORD seeks the one who turns back to him.

Do not boast of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring; the rich man trusts in his wealth, and it fails him in the day of wrath, but the one who fears God has a strong refuge. [Line damaged]

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