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Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 22: Proverbs is unavailable, but you can change that!

Roland Murphy approaches Proverbs as “a collection of collections.” The long poems of chapters 1–9 introduce the collections of short sayings in chapters 10-31. With this division Murphy accepts “the unproven but likely assumption” that during the postexilic period chapters 1-9 set the tone for the mostly pre-exilic collections in chapters 10–31. Murphy cautions his readers to consider the...

11:18 The wicked: making empty profits, but one sowing justice: sure wages. 11:23 The desire of the just, only good; the hope of the wicked, wrath. 11:29 Whoever disturbs his household will inherit the wind; and a fool—servant to the wise of heart. 12:1 A lover of instruction, a lover of knowledge; but a hater of reproof, stupid! 25:14 Clouds and wind, but no rain: one who boasts of a gift never given. 25:19 A bad tooth and an unsteady foot: trusting a faithless person in time of trouble. 25:26 A
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