ỌMỌLÚÀBÍ PODCAST | EPISODE 007

PROVERB CONSIDERED: "Ilé bo ilé lójú; òrùlé bo àjà mọ́lẹ̀; awọ fẹ́ẹ́rẹ́ bo inú kò jẹ́ká ríkùn aṣeni"

INTERPRETATION: One house obscures another; the roof conceals the ceiling; a thin layer of skin covers the stomach, making it impossible to see through an evildoer. 

MEANING: One cannot discern a person’s character, motives or intentions by simply looking on the outward appearance.

TEXTS FOR SCRIPTURAL REFLECTION: 1 Samuel 16:7; 1 Corinthians 12:10; Job 32:8

✰ 1 Samuel 16:7 New King James Version (NKJV) - "But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”"

✰ 1 Corinthians 12:10 New King James Version (NKJV) - "to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another discerning of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues."

✰ Job 32:8 King James Version (KJV) - "But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding."