Secular vs Solomon game
The hosts play the recurring game Secular vs Solomon: a proverb is read and each host guesses whether it is secular world wisdom (naming a country of origin) or from Solomon/Scripture (naming the chapter). Rounds include 'Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak tree' (secular), 'Where there is no guidance, a people falls' (Proverbs 11:14), 'He who serves two masters has to lie to one' (secular), 'He who gathers in summer is a prudent son' (Proverbs 10:5), 'Better to give a penny than lend 20' (secular), 'Death and life are in the power of the tongue' (Proverbs 18:21), 'Whoever winks his eye plans dishonest things' (Proverbs 16:30), 'Better is a dinner of herbs where love is' (Proverbs 15:17), and 'There are only two types of Chinese: those who give bribes and those who take them' (secular). The segment closes with a plug for past Secular vs Solomon episodes at livefromthepath.org, name-checking past voice contestant Tanner Knutson.
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