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Proverbs: An Introduction and Commentary (Wilson) is unavailable, but you can change that!

In many ways, Proverbs is similar to the wisdom literature of the wider ancient Near East. However, while the book initially appears to consist primarily of practical advice, wisdom is grounded in a relationship with God. In this replacement Tyndale Commentary, Lindsay Wilson shows how the first nine chapters provide a reading guide for the many proverbs in subsequent chapters; and how the fear...

instructions. In other situations one of the distinctives of wisdom is that there is often an endorsement of relying on your God-given understanding. In verses 5, 7, 9 (and also in vv. 11, 19, 26 and 33 in the chapter) God is referred to as the LORD, Yahweh, the distinctively Israelite name for God. This reminds us that while the proverbs are designed for all human beings, they have been gathered here with a particular focus for the people of God. Verse 6 is a slight deviation from the pattern in
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