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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...

—rich in health and relationship to others—and so the picture is of a life that is healthy in every way. This robust image should not, however, lead to presumption, for immediately there is a command to embrace steadfast love and faithfulness. The word for steadfast love (ḥesed) speaks of loyal and merciful kindness, a strong commitment to the well-being of the other in relationship.17 Faithfulness has a core sense of ‘truth’ and here has the sense of a firm, constant commitment to the truth of the
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