The second volume in this popular commentary series combines a careful reading of Proverbs with theological insights.
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The Book of Proverbs is the key book in the Bible that teaches us wisdom; "the single, most important thing in life we could ever achieve". If we not only read the book, but put the advice to work in our lives, we can truly become wise.
This is an inductive, verse-by-verse study, supplemented by a generous number of tables and charts. I recommend this book for any in-depth study of Proverbs.
The author of The Book of Proverbs and Wisdom, A Reference Manual, Curt “CT” Tomlin, was inspired by the Holy Spirit to write “The Book” to enhance and illuminate Christian understanding of the Old Testament’s Book of Proverbs.
The book of Proverbs is full of poetic beauty and subtle nuances, which are ripe with meaning and tucked inside metaphors, symbols, and imagery.
Lists the meaning and origin of more than 1,700 traditional and contemporary English proverbs.
When your eyes light on it, it is gone, for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.” (v 4-5) Although wealth is often the reward of the wise in Proverbs, it is never a prize to be grasped for or toiled for.
Opportunities never nibble twice at the same hook. Var. ... Opportunity doesn't knock the door down. Rec. dist. ... (b) Opportunity only knocks once, and there is no latch on the outside—it must be opened from within. Rec. dist.
Alyce McKenzie offers preachers an effective way to reclaim proverbs in preaching.
Proverbs 1-9 has long been called a 'prologue' and 'introduction' to the book of Proverbs, a label that this book clarifies by answering the question: how does Proverbs 1-9 function with respect to the interpretation of Proverbs 10-31?