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Heavenly Wisdom: Proverbs Simply Explained is unavailable, but you can change that!

The book of Proverbs is intensely practical. Here is "truth in street clothes." It deals with everyday subjects such as laziness, pride, handling money, and telling lies. Here we meet familiar folk such as the bargain-hunter, the neighbor you see too much of, the practical joker, and the "morning person" who forgets that others take a while to surface. Charles Bridges once said that of all Old...

had the wisdom to ask God for wisdom, and not for riches or long life, shows that God had already given him a measure of insight before he prayed. It reminds us of the later promise: ‘Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear’ (Isa. 65:24). By God’s grace, wisdom and discipline are attainable. Cry to God for them. This book is here to show, or teach, us how to be discerning, how to understand ‘words of insight’ or gain insights
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