The People’s Bible: Proverbs
Overview
Proverbs directs believers to live godly lives and shows the folly of ungodly living. The book has been called the Sermon on the Mount of the Old Testament. Both instruct believers about how to live lives of love. Solomon, a man of wisdom and great insight, wrote most of this book. He proclaims that real wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord.
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- Historical background
- Maps, illustrations, and archaeological information
- Practical and contemporary applications
Top Highlights
“Over 20 quotations from Proverbs appear in the New Testament” (Page 7)
“To trust in him is to commit our lives entirely to him. To lean on him means just what it says. Of course to do this, we have to be confident that God isn’t going to pull away and let us fall flat on our faces. To acknowledge him literally is to ‘know’ him. We need to become well acquainted with God through his self-revelation, the Bible. Everything else depends on this. We’re not going to trust in him and lean on him until we really know what he’s like.” (Page 34)
“The heart to the Hebrews was not merely the place of emotions, as we tend to think of it today. It included a person’s inner life of thoughts, will, emotions, and personality. In other words, divine wisdom is to be a part of our entire inner lives. We take it in, think about it, absorb it, and let it permeate us.” (Pages 31–32)
“Proverbs focuses especially on two enticements: (1) toward sexual sins and (2) toward wrongful material gain.” (Page 19)
“The fear of the Lord’ is godly reverence. It is not terror” (Page 15)
- Title: The People’s Bible: Proverbs
- Author: Roland Cap Ehlke
- Publisher: Northwestern Publishing House
- Publication Date: 1992
- Pages: 322