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Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon: With Introduction, Commentary, and Notes is unavailable, but you can change that!

This volume in the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible series leads you through a penetrating study of the Books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon using the biblical text itself and the Church’s own guidelines for understanding the Bible. Ample notes accompany each page, providing fresh insights by renowned Bible teachers Scott Hahn and Curtis Mitch, as well as time-tested interpretations...

2:4 hidden treasures: The search for wisdom is compared to mining for precious metals also in Job 28:1–19. 2:5 fear of the LORD: The indispensable virtue of the wise. See note on 1:7. 2:6 the LORD gives wisdom: Wisdom is a divine gift given to those who ask for it (2:3–5; Sir 1:1; Jas 1:5). Thus, in addition to study, reflection, and learning from one’s elders, prayer is an essential activity of the wise man (15:8, 29; Sir 51:13–17). Solomon is living proof that God gives understanding to the one
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