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The Lexham Context Commentary: Old Testament surveys each book of the Old Testament at several levels—Book, Super Division, Division, Section, Pericope, Paragraph, and Unit—providing contextually appropriate commentary on each level. The reader of the commentary can easily ascertain the contextual importance of any larger section, or pericope, or even a particular verse of Scripture.

(1:8–8:36) The prologue of Proverbs consists of passing a father’s wisdom to his son, contrasting wisdom and folly as they relate to a number of different situations in life: a warning against the allure of easy money through robbery and murder (1:8–19), the call of wisdom to the simpleminded (1:20–33), the value of wisdom for walking in righteousness and avoiding evil (2:1–22), the importance of trusting in God with all of
Proverbs 1:8–8:36