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God’s Wisdom in Proverbs: Hearing God’s Voice in Scripture is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of Proverbs has been understood and misunderstood in countless different ways. In God’s Wisdom in Proverbs, Dan Phillips explores this “kaleidoscopic microcosm of the wisdom of God.” Phillips takes special care to convey the distinctive style and rhetorical effect of the original Hebrew. God’s Wisdom in Proverbs provides an excellent introduction and selective exposition of this much...

Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the fear of the LORD all the day. 18 Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. (Prov. 23:17–18) It is, of course, tempting to look at the outward prosperity or even the immoral fun of sinners, and think, “Gee, that looks exciting. Why do I work so hard at this godliness thing?” In fact, a whole psalm was devoted to this very thought (Psa. 73). If I am upset by the good fortunes of those without a relationship with God,
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