helps us to be aware of the nature of life. It outlines the kind of attitudes, actions, people, and situations to avoid, and the ones to embrace in order to live well. The truths found in this book differ from those truths characteristically found in the Bible. Fred Holmgren suggests that “proverbs are not infallible statements that are valid for every person or situation. Rather they tell us what generally, usually, or often is the case.”14 Proverbs are true—but not exhaustively or exclusively true