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==Examples==
 
==Examples==
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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>
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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>
 
* "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)
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*"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]]
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*"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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