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Typically known as part of the Wisdom Literature category, Proverbs and Ecclesiastes provide insight into the process of obtaining and keeping wisdom. Interestingly enough, these books point out that pursuing wisdom on one's own is useless because wisdom is a gift from God. Wisdom that is described in these two books is wisdom that is sought out, not in solitude, but in community with God and...

(16:20; 22:17–19; 28:25; 29:25), and its close associate fear the LORD, is the fundamental definition of wisdom in Proverbs. Trust usually implies some threat or evil looming on the horizon.34 To trust in the LORD with all your heart refers to the total surrender of self. The admonition is the theological foundation upon which all the proverbs rest. When the sage calls on the reader to acknowledge him (v. 6), he speaks on the level of attitude; the disciple desires to do God’s will. When the disciple
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