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A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments, Vol. III: Job–Isaiah is unavailable, but you can change that!

Study the unabridged version of this popular Bible study tool. Written by three pastor-scholars in the late nineteenth century, A Commentary, Critical, Experimental, and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments was a favorite resource of C. H. Spurgeon and other evangelical preachers. Each volume begins with introductions to the biblical books, followed by the text of scripture and verse-by-verse...

.—A proverb is a pithy sentence, concisely expressing some well-established truth, susceptible of various illustrations and applications. The word is of Latin derivation, literally meaning for a word, speech, or discourse, i. e., one expression for many. The Hebrew word for proverb (mashal) means a comparison. Many suppose it was used because the form or matter of the proverb, or both, involved the idea of comparison. Most of the proverbs are
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