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Game June 9, 2014 · 31:07 · 16 min

Secular versus Solomon game

The hosts play Secular versus Solomon, in which one host reads a proverb and the others must say whether it is biblical wisdom (Solomon) or world wisdom (secular), naming a country of origin for secular ones. Rounds include 'When God gives hard bread, he gives sharp teeth' (secular, Germany), 'A king's wrath is a messenger of death' (Proverbs 16), 'A bribe is like a magic stone' (Proverbs 17:8), 'The wolf will hire himself out very cheaply as a shepherd' (secular, Russia), the donkey's house proverb (secular, Jamaica), 'Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys' (Proverbs 18:9), 'A wise king winnows the wicked' (Proverbs 20:26), the turtle-and-hen proverb (secular, Malaysia), 'Wait until it is night before saying it has been a fine day' (secular, Canada), and 'Death and life are in the power of the tongue' (Proverbs 18:21). The hosts riff on kingship versus American presidency, the disputed authorship of some Proverbs, and scorekeeping complaints.

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