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The Message of Proverbs: Wisdom for Life is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of Proverbs is the most practical book in the Bible. Its instruction in the art of living has been long tried and long proven. Its proverbial seeds of discernment are ready to be planted and rooted in the receptive soil of Wisdom’s sons and daughters today. The ancient voice of Lady Wisdom still cries out today. She summons us to the life skills of godliness and helps us say no to the...

of Israel’s neighbours. (Egypt is referred to, for example, in Gn. 41:8; Ex. 7:11; 1 Ki. 4:30; Is. 19:11; Babylon in Is. 44:25; Je. 50:35; 51:57; and Edom in Je. 49:7; Ob. 8 and Jb. 2:11). Egyptian and Mesopotamian writers sought to explore the questions of life and death in the light of their own background faith. The book of Proverbs is exploring these same questions from its basis of faith in Yahweh, the covenant God of Israel. The proverbs are concerned with the practicalities of living in God’s
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