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| − | * "The door turns on its hinges, and the lazy man on his bed" (Proverbs 26:14). <ref>[http://jewsforjesus.org/publications/issues/15_10/biblehumor Jewish Humor... In the Bible?]</ref> | + | * "The door turns on its hinges, and the lazy man on his bed" (Proverbs 26:14).<ref>[http://jewsforjesus.org/publications/issues/15_10/biblehumor Jewish Humor... In the Bible?]</ref> |
| | * "If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse." (Proverbs 27:14) | | * "If a man loudly blesses his neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse." (Proverbs 27:14) |
| | *"It is better to be living in an [[angle]] of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house." (Proverbs 25:24) | | *"It is better to be living in an [[angle]] of the house-top, than with a bitter-tongued woman in a wide house." (Proverbs 25:24) |
| | *"Even one of their own prophets has said, 'Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.' This testimony is true." (Titus 1:12-13) ''(A wry invocation of the [[liar's paradox]].)'' | | *"Even one of their own prophets has said, 'Cretans are always liars, evil brutes, lazy gluttons.' This testimony is true." (Titus 1:12-13) ''(A wry invocation of the [[liar's paradox]].)'' |
| | *Sarcasm in the Bible: "Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years" (Amos 4:4) | | *Sarcasm in the Bible: "Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years" (Amos 4:4) |
| − | *"You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church" (Matthew 16:18)--the root for Peter and the root for Rock are the same--this is a pun of sorts, and one inscribed inside the dome of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] | + | *"You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church" (Matthew 16:18)--the root for Peter and the root for Rock are the same—this is a pun of sorts, and one inscribed inside the dome of [[St. Peter's Basilica]] |
| | *Some consider the [[Book of Jonah]] to intentionally include some satirical exaggeration. For instance, the King of Nineveh declares that not only should the people wear sackloth in a symbol of repentance, but so should the ''animals'' in the City. (Jonah 3:8, KJV) | | *Some consider the [[Book of Jonah]] to intentionally include some satirical exaggeration. For instance, the King of Nineveh declares that not only should the people wear sackloth in a symbol of repentance, but so should the ''animals'' in the City. (Jonah 3:8, KJV) |
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