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Proverbs

A Mentor Commentary

John A. Kitchen

MENTOR

Unless otherwise identified Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE® (nasb), Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. (www.Lockman.org)

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Holy Bible, New Living Translation (nlt), Copyright © 1996. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Wheaton, Illinois 60189. All rights reserved.

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Copyright © John A. Kitchen 2006

ISBN 1-84550-059-8

ISBN 978-1-84550-059-7

Published in 2006

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Contents

Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction

Proverbs 1

Proverbs 2

Proverbs 3

Proverbs 4

Proverbs 5

Proverbs 6

Proverbs 7

Proverbs 8

Proverbs 9

Proverbs 10

Proverbs 11

Proverbs 12

Proverbs 13

Proverbs 14

Proverbs 15

Proverbs 16

Proverbs 17

Proverbs 18

Proverbs 19

Proverbs 20

Proverbs 21

Proverbs 22

Proverbs 23

Proverbs 24

Proverbs 25

Proverbs 26

Proverbs 27

Proverbs 28

Proverbs 29

Proverbs 30

Proverbs 31

Appendix A

Appendix B

Bibliography

Abbreviations

Old Testament

Gen. Genesis

Exod. Exodus

Lev. Leviticus

Num. Numbers

Deut. Deuteronomy

Josh. Joshua

Judg. Judges

Ruth Ruth

1 Sam. 1 Samuel

2 Sam. 2 Samuel

1 Kings 1 Kings

2 Kings 2 Kings

1 Chron. 1 Chronicles

2 Chron. 2 Chronicles

Ezra Ezra

Neh. Nehemiah

Esther Esther

Job Job

Ps. Psalm(s)

Prov. Proverbs

Eccles. Ecclesiastes

Song of Sol. Song of Solomon

Isa. Isaiah

Jer. Jeremiah

Lam. Lamentations

Ezek. Ezekiel

Dan. Daniel

Hosea Hosea

Joel Joel

Amos Amos

Obad. Obadiah

Jonah Jonah...

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About Proverbs: A Mentor Commentary

The escalating growth of our technological knowledge in the last century has been nothing short of breathtaking—but has it rendered us wiser? Or godlier?

We have lost something priceless, and seem to be trying to replace it with more and more information. We need wisdom! Communications technology leaves us no rest to work things out: mostly we just react, and worry, and fail—and react again. We make business decisions, ethical decisions, and relationship decisions, against a continuously moving landscape that doesn’t allow them to be satisfying, consistent, or dependable.

There is no better starting point for understanding wisdom than the book of Proverbs. Its purpose is to impart wisdom to those who want it. John Kitchen has produced a work that is authoritative, comprehensive and insightful. He examines the chronology, authorship, composition, structure and context of Proverbs and does the hard work of providing cross-references alerting the reader to rich veins running beneath the surface of Proverbs and other Biblical books.

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