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- THE PROVERBS OF SOLOMON
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-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- "Proverbs" is a menu-driven program
- that tests and increases one's knowledge of
- the Old Testament book of Proverbs. The
- program features interactive quizzes that
- challenge your memory, and numerous textual
- commentaries.
-
-
- REQUIREMENTS
-
- "Proverbs" was written to run on the
- IBM PC and true compatible computer. At least
- 256K memory is required and 1 disk drive. The
- program will work equally well on monochrome
- and color monitors. Up to 9 people can
- participate in the "Proverbs" quizzes at the
- same time (great for competition play).
-
-
- DIRECTIONS
-
- To begin "Proverbs" insert the program
- diskette into the appropriate drive. At the
- DOS prompt type ---> PROVERBS , then press
- [ENTER]. After "Proverbs" has been loaded,
- and the title screen clears, a Main Menu will
- appear. You make a selection from the Main
- Menu by using the cursor control keys (arrow
- keys) to position the highlighted marker bar
- over your selection, then followed by the
- [ENTER] key. Pressing the [ESC] will usually
- return the user to the previous menu
- selection.
-
-
- QUIZ NO. 1
-
- The proverbial couplet match quiz
- works in the following fashion. Five portions
- of scripture will scroll right to left across
- the screen. The first (top) portion of
- scripture will be the beginning of a proverb.
- The actual Bible reference for the current
- proverb will be displayed at the top of the
- window. The objective is to match this "top"
- first half with its matching "end" out of the
- four choices which followed it. For example:
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- Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge:
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-
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- But the mouth of the upright shall
- deliver them.
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- But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
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- But the rigtheous shall flourish
- as a branch.
-
- But a man of understanding
- holdeth his peace.
-
-
- In the above example, choice number 2
- ("But he that hateth reproof is brutish") is
- the correct match to "Whoso loveth
- instruction loveth knowledge". To receive
- credit for a correct match, the user must
- position the rectangular box around the
- correct match, and then press [RETURN] or
- [ENTER]. Movement of the rectangular box is
- accomplished by using the keyboard cursor
- control keys. If an incorrect match occurs,
- "Error!" will flash, along with the
- appropriate correct answer. At this point the
- user can press [V] to view the context of the
- proverb in reference. In other words, if
- Proverbs 15:14 was the proverb being
- presented, pressing the [V] key will display
- the entire 15th chapter of Proverbs. If the
- user wishes to exit instead, then press the
- [ESC] key, else any other key will cause the
- program to continue on to the next proverb
- match.
-
-
- QUIZ NO. 2
-
- This quiz tests one's memory of
- individual proverbs (not to mention testing
- one's typing and spelling ability). A
- proverb is displayed on the screen, but one
- word is missing. The missing word is replaced
- with a string of underscores "_". Each
- underscore represents a missing letter. The
- user is to type in the missing word. To exit
- from this quiz, press the [ESC] key.
-
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- TOP TEN SCOREBOARD
-
- The best 10 scores from the two
- types of quizzes described above are
- displayed upon the close of the program in a
- scoreboard format. If you would like to
- wipe the board clean, then delete the
- PROVERBS.SCB file.
-
-
- NOTES, COMMENTARIES, HELPS
-
- "Proverbs" is not limited to just
- Bible quizzes. This program also presents
- dozens of text "helps" that will provide you
- with a better understanding of this very
- important Old Testament book.
-
- Each "insight" note can be selected
- from a menu. Once the text is displayed on
- the screen, use the cursor control keys
- (arrow keys) to scroll the text. Press [ESC]
- to return to the previous menu.
-
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- We shall not assume any direct or
- indirect responsibility for losses incurred
- from the use of "Proverbs". "Proverbs" is
- provided on an "as is" basis, with no
- guarantees.
-
-
- SHAREWARE
-
- "Proverbs" is not free software. This
- program is copyrighted shareware software.
- Shareware means user supported software. You
- are given the opportunity to try "Proverbs",
- but must support the author if you use this
- program repeatedly. Supporting the shareware
- concept insures that programs like this one
- are updated and continued in the future.
-
-
- CLOSING COMMENTS
-
- I hope that "Proverbs" may be found
- useful to you. We welcome your comments and
- feedback.
-
- Philip P. Kapusta
- P O. Box 5423
- Falmouth, Va. 22403 U.S.A.
-
-
- CREDITS
-
- My thanks to the following authors,
- whose works were found useful in the
- compiling of this program:
-
- Yandian, Bob. "Proverbs - Principles of
- Wisdom" (Tulsa, Ok.: Harrison House, Inc.,
- 1985).
-
- Crawford, Alex. "Proverbs - vol. 2" (South
- Australia: The Word, 1989).
-
- Mansfield, H. P. "Pondering the Proverbs"
- (So. Australia: Logos Publications).
-
-
- OTHER AVAILABLE SOFTWARE
-
- Additional Bible related software
- that the author has written is available.
- For information or catalog, contact the
- program author with a legal size self-
- addressed stamped envelope (2 first class US
- postage stamps affixed). Some of the
- currently available selections are:
-
- SCRIPTURE QUEST - Over 3200 questions to test
- your knowledge of the Scriptures.
-
-
- HEBREW FLASHCARDS - Learn the Hebrew
- alphabet, vowel pointing, words and
- pronunciation. Coded to Strongs' Concordance.
-
- THE GRAPE VINE - Work letter by letter, word
- by word, uncovering the hidden Bible phrases.
-
- MEMORY VERSE - Learn to memorize Scripture.
- Hundreds of verses to choose from. King James
- version.
-
- A BIBLE COMPANION - Offers 1) Bible
- chronology, 2) obscure/archaic Bible word
- definitions, 3) tables for the daily
- systematic reading of the Bible, 4) charts of
- Old Testament weights and measures, 5) maps
- of the Holy Land and N. T. Mediterranean
- offering a topographic search/find function,
- 6) a text file viewer, 7) the Tabernacle and
- more.
-
- ACTS OF THE APOSTLES - A combination of
- graphics and Bible text that automatically
- displays the location of 99% of all the
- geographical features mentioned in the N.T.
- book of Acts as the user reads the text.
-
- THE LAND OF PROMISE - A graphic tour from
- Genesis to Acts of the gospel message.
-
- COMMENTEXT COMMENTARIES - Commentaries on
- various books of the Bible presented in
- hypertext format.
-
- KJVOCABULARY - Test and increase your
- vocabulary of the King James Version text.
- From "Ado" to "Wot", this is a great way to
- learn those difficult and archaic words from
- this classic Bible translation of 1611.
-
- GOSPEL PARALLELS - The N.T. books of
- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in parallel
- format. Find matching parallel passages in
- seconds. Complete with chronological index
- and note pad.
-
-
- YOUR FEEDBACK
-
- We welcome all feedback - positive
- and negative. We will consider your
- suggestions for future program enhancements.
- If you desire a reply, enclose a self-
- addressed stamped envelope when writing, or
- else you may not receive a response. Better
- yet, if you have a modem, you may wish to
- leave an e-mail message to "SYSOP" on The
- Mustard Seed BBS at (703) 372-9680 N81. The
- Mustard Seed is our BBS, available 24 hours
- a day, and contains hundreds of Bible,
- religious, home schooling and educational
- files. You are welcome to call (their is no
- subscription fees, the BBS is free). Set
- your modem software settings to N-8-1 with
- ANSI terminal emulation. The BBS supports
- high-speed modems.
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