Proverbs: Commentary
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
This ten-volume set of commentaries is written in everyday English. Dr. Adams, using an everyman style, explains and applies biblical truths in the clear, understandable way that typifies his writings. He does not try to duplicate the standard, more technical commentaries but supplements them with the implications of the text for God-honoring counseling and Christian living. This resource includes the commentary on Proverbs.
Top Highlights
“The Book of Proverbs is not merely good advice, though surely you won’t find better anywhere. More fundamentally, it is a book of revealed morality. It contains divine wisdom from God for His covenant people. It is a book in which the saint may learn from God how he ought to conduct his life before other men. As the Psalms focus on man in relationship to God, the Proverbs focus on man in relationship to man. But the relationships one bears to other men are always against the backdrop of one’s relationship to God, which affects these lesser ones at all points. God revealed this truth, and what one does with it is clearly an issue between him and God.” (Page 2)
“The word wisdom means more than the attaining of knowledge; it carries the idea of skillful use of knowledge in the service of God. The wise man is one who competently lives for Him. This wisdom, however, does not come easily; it is attained only by disciplined training in righteousness (see 2 Timothy 3:16).” (Pages 5–6)
“To learn wisdom means first of all to love Yahweh, the Fountain from Whom all true wisdom flows (James 1:5ff.).” (Page 10)
“Yahweh is the One Who gives wisdom. Wisdom is a gift, graciously imparted to those who seek it for the right reasons, from the right Source, in the right way.” (Page 19)
“proverbs of this sort are, in effect, portable, practical principles.” (Page 3)
- Title: Proverbs: Commentary
- Author: Jay E. Adams
- Series: The Christian Counselor’s Commentary
- Publisher: Institute for Nouthetic Studies
- Print Publication Date: 2020
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Pages: 231
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Bible. O.T. Proverbs › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9781889032030, 1889032034
- Resource ID: LLS:CHRCNSLCOM20PRCOMM
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-12-13T01:56:40Z
Jay E. Adams A.B., B.D., S.T.M., Ph.D. (1929-2020) served as a pastor, church planter, denominational executive, seminary professor, author, and lecturer. He taught homiletics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and was the Director of Advanced Studies at Westminster Seminary in California. He was the founder of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF), the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (formerly NANC), and the Institute for Nouthetic Studies (INS). He was the author of over 100 books including the best seller Competent to Counsel which launched the modern biblical counseling movement. He was the recipient of the Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor awarded by the State of South Carolina.