Chapter 16 “All one’s ways may be pure in one’s own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.” This introduces the No. 1 theme of the rest of Proverbs: We all justify our own behavior, but only God knows ...
The wisdom literature of the OT presents a striking divine tension that reflects the complexities of life under the sun while pointing us to eternal truths.
In this age of the transistor, there is a sense in which God may be said to have given us “transistorized wisdom.” The Book of Proverbs contains hundreds of verses that present truth in the smallest ...