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Proverbs: A Shorter Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

Since 2004, Bruce Waltke’s magisterial two-volume NICOT commentary on the book of Proverbs has been recognized as a definitive exegesis of the Hebrew text, groundbreaking in its illuminating analysis that the authors and redactors of Proverbs had organized their material into discernible clusters and groupings. Waltke and Ivan De Silva here offer an abridged and revised version of the preeminent...

aesthetically pleasing and ethically beneficial. The “good” unselfishly act in the best interest of God and neighbor. Trustworthy (’əmûnâ; also “honest” or “conscientious”) designates a person’s character and conduct, not just their words. Trustworthiness is not an abstract quality but springs from inner stability—the inner attitude that produces honest and conscientious conduct.78 Finally, kindness (ḥesed) essentially means “help to the needy” and has no precise English equivalent. It refers to
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