Category: Proverbs Commentary List
A mother’s advice to a king (31:1-9) King Lemuel was probably a non-Israelite from a neighbouring nation, but his mother appears to have been a God-fearing woman who vowed …
30:1-31:31 OTHER COLLECTIONS OF WISE SAYINGS The personal testimony of Agur (30:1-9) Agur, some of whose sayings are collected here, was apparently a well known wisdom teacher in the …
Authority with justice (29:1-27) Many themes that we have already met in Proverbs are repeated in this section: stubbornness, good and bad government, family values, prostitution, justice, flattery, cunning …
Selfish ambition (28:1-28) A bad conscience makes a person a coward, but a clear conscience gives a person courage (28:1). Some characteristics of a corrupt society are instability in …
The valuable things of life (27:1-27) Over-confidence, self-praise, stupidity and jealousy must all be avoided (27:1-4). True friends will show the inner love they have for each other by …