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The primary purpose for the book of Proverbs is to help people become wise through fearing the Lord. This fear is a reverence for God that determines how we live. And this reverence for God should occur because of our relationship with Him. The phrase, “the fear of the Lord,” occurs more times in Proverbs than anywhere else in the Old Testament. Through its major parts, through its sections and...

understood. This real-life wisdom is for everyone; even the simple can gain prudence (1:4). This latter word translates a different Hebrew word than the one rendered prudent in 1:3; here it refers to a shrewdness that is morally neutral.3 In other words, those who are notoriously dim can become clever. The young can also learn and develop their ability to discern. Even the wise can become wiser while those who are already discerning will receive guidance (1:5). The Hebrew word translated guidance
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