same Hebrew word is used of the skilful workers who prepared Aaron’s garments and of those who built the tabernacle and the temple (Exod. 28:3; 31:1–11; 1 Kings 7:14). Their exceptional ability to work with fabric and bronze was necessary and admirable (Prov. 22:29). Such skills were only obtained through hard work. The wisdom offered by the book of Proverbs is skill for living. Wisdom is not merely intellectual or academic; it is primarily moral. Solomon, as the wisest man on earth, demonstrated
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