S2E04 - A Proverb on IGNORANCE - "Níbo ló gbé wà" nìyájú ẹkùn

PROVERB CONSIDERED: ""Níbo ló gbé wà?" nìyájú ẹkùn." INTERPRETATION: ""Where is it?" is a great insult to the leopard." MEANING: One should be smart enough to hide one’s ignorance about things one ought to know because there are some truths that are so self-evident that to query otherwise is to reveal one's foolishness. REFLECTION: The idea being put forward in the word picture that informed the proverb is that the leopard is so self-important that it will take offence if anybody should ask where it was, or which it was, among other animals. The reason is that the leopard has distinctive and unmistakable features, let alone its reputation among other animals. A case study that readily passes across the message is that of King Nebuchadnezzar in the Old Testament. In Daniel 4, we read of how God humbled him by making him experience being a beast for 7 years in order to teach him a lesson he should have known all along: there is God and He is sovereignly in charge. Indeed, anyone who denies the existence of God is denying a self-evident truth.  BIBLICAL REFERENCE: Daniel 4 LINKS TO LISTEN TO THE EPISODE ✥ Spotify — https://open.spotify.com/episode/7IqDSRJ9VKmVulNJVtc9QY ✥ My Website — https://www.josephkolawole.org/omoluabi/ ✥ Other Platforms — https://pod.link/1550735589 FOR MORE RESOURCES FROM JOSEPH & ANU OLA https://linktr.ee/josephola https://josephola.disha.page/