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In How to Read Proverbs Tremper Longman provides a welcome guide to reading and studying, as well as understanding and savoring the Proverbs for all their wisdom. While many proverbs speak to us directly, we can gain much greater insight by studying the book of Proverbs as a whole, understanding its relationship to ancient non-Israelite wisdom, and listening to its conversation with the other...

“Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says, “Stolen water is refreshing; food eaten in secret tastes the best!” But little do they know that the dead are there. Her guests are in the depths of the grave.” (Prov 9:13–18) Here is the ultimate encounter on the path of life. The man is walking along and all of a sudden he sees two women, each described as speaking from the “heights overlooking the city.” Each is issuing an invitation to the young men—an invitation
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