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1 | god helps those who help themselves | Prov 28:26 | terrib | 147617 | ||
Greetings ram658, "Many people believe that quote came from the Bible. Many people obviously don't read their Bibles. This particular quote is nowhere to be found in all of Scripture. So where did it come from? Would you believe it came from GREEK MYTHOLOGY?? Specifically, it came from one of Aesop's fables. There's a story about a wagoner and Hercules that runs like this: "A Wagoner was once driving a heavy load along a very muddy way. He came to a part of the road where the wheels sank half-way into the mire, and the more the horses pulled, the deeper sank the wheels. So the Wagoner threw down his whip, and knelt down and prayed to Hercules the Strong. 'O Hercules, help me in this my hour of distress." But Hercules appeared to him, and said: 'Man, don't sprawl there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel. The gods help them that help themselves." The saying "the gods help those that help themselves" evolved to "God helps those who help themselves" as the phrase was repeated and passed on from culture to culture throughout the centuries. Today Christians often quote the phrase thinking it's biblically based, without realizing that it actually originated from pagan mythology!" (Courtesy of www.vesselofhonour.com) Opposite of Biblical teaching: Jer 17:5 (NIV) This is what the LORD says: "Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who depends on flesh for his strength and whose heart turns away from the LORD." Prov 28:26 (NIV) He who trusts in himself is a fool... terrib |
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2 | god helps those who help themselves | Prov 28:26 | T'oma | 147658 | ||
Paul used Greek mythology to get his point across to men of Athens, who had opposing views of man’s origin (Acts 17:28), quoting from pantheist Aratus’ poem – “We are his offspring”. In addition, Paul borrowed polytheist Epimenides’ words – “In him we live and move and have our being.” Often, we quote that Bible verse as being “God’s words”. Nevertheless, the underlining thoughts came from Greek mythology. T’oma |
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3 | god helps those who help themselves | Prov 28:26 | DocTrinsograce | 147665 | ||
I wonder if God can put His words into the mouths of non-believers? :-) John 11:49-52 |
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4 | god helps those who help themselves | Prov 28:26 | T'oma | 147666 | ||
Doc - perhaps God put His words on the tongue of Balaam's donkey (Numbers 22:28) as a "foreshadow" of making another donkey (Caiphas) talk. :-) T'oma |
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5 | god helps those who help themselves | Prov 28:26 | DocTrinsograce | 147668 | ||
Dear T'oma, :-) Good thought! Did you know that the Rabbi Hillel used very similar language to that of Jesus from Matthew 22:34-36, but about half a century before? In Him, Doc |
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6 | god helps those who help themselves | Prov 28:26 | T'oma | 147670 | ||
Doc, I don’t recall reading anything concerning what you pointed out. But, I don’t doubt it either. Having read some of Hillil, in some of my Jewish writings in my library, I noted he also declared sort of a paraphrase of Proverbs 22:6. He taught the Jews to make the Torah study a priority. His reasoning is Scripturally based. Not only do the parents benefit, but such instruction provides children with a priceless legacy that will serve them throughout their lives. It’s still good advise – as far as it goes. But Christ and His words take us deeper. Amen? In one of my Jewish prayer books those guys of old held so much wisdom of the character of God. T’oma |
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