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Proverbs directs believers to live godly lives and shows the folly of ungodly living. The book has been called the Sermon on the Mount of the Old Testament. Both instruct believers about how to live lives of love. Solomon, a man of wisdom and great insight, wrote most of this book. He proclaims that real wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord.

Place in the Bible Over 20 quotations from Proverbs appear in the New Testament. This shows that the inspired writers of the New Testament recognized Proverbs as a part of the Scriptures. James 4:6 puts it very clearly: “That is why Scripture says: ‘God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.’ ” This is a quote of Proverbs 3:34, and James refers to it as Scripture. For a time, some of the later Jewish scholars questioned whether Proverbs belonged in the Bible. They thought there was a contradiction
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