Proverbs

gathers her food in harvest.” (Proverbs 6:6-8 ESV) “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might.” (Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV) Throughout the entirety of the Wisdom Books, the authors, inspired by the Lord, penned wisdom beyond human comprehension. The Wisdom Books are riddled with wise counsel and astute judgment. When one dissects the aforementioned books one will come across many references of diligence and laziness. Primarily focusing on Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, I have found…

O’Donnell, Douglas S. The Beginning and End of Wisdom: Preaching Christ from the First and Last Chapters of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway 240pp. $17.99. Summary The Beginning and End of Wisdom is the book written with the purpose of arousing interest in preaching Wisdom Literature as well as presentation of specific methodology. In the preface, O’Donnell introduces the motivation to focus on Wisdom Literature, and manifests the twofold aims to write this book:…

traditions of other cultures. What is the main purpose of the book of Proverbs?…

“Brothers and sisters are as close as hands and feet.” Quote by Vietnamese Proverbs. My brother, Jacob, and I have not always been as close as we are now. As kids we played together everyday and always looked out for each other. Then there was a time when Jacob and I would not talk or anything. That changed all in one day, and now Jacob and I are the best of friends. Being family doesn’t always mean you are close, but sometimes a long lasting friendship comes around. And when it does it’s one of…

It is the father’s instruction to his son; a grouping of usually two sentence sayings typically constructed in parallelisms. An example of a parallelism: “A wise man is….; But the fool is….”. In most cases, the parallelisms contrast. If Proverbs is a book of wisdom and The Antichrist is anti-wisdom, the passages should contrast the nature of Jesus Christ and The Antichrist. The text, in fact, supports this premise. Clearly, not all passages relate to The Antichrist (Trump) in the same way…

Even though Proverbs, Joseph, and Esther were written a while ago, they are still relevant to us today. Proverbs tells us about the importance of maintaining relationships with friends and humans, the presence of greed in the human mindset through constantly longing for wealth, the significance of giving, and understanding that God is the ultimate source of wealth. The stories of Joseph and Esther highlight many ideas found in Proverbs including the fact that humans are not perfect but there is…

The Fear of the Lord Shedrack Wike BIB314 Book of Proverbs September 15, 2015 The Fear of the Lord According to Proverbs 1:7 it says, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.” Webster defines wisdom as accumulated philosophic or scientific learning; as in knowledge, judgment, and insight. In Proverbs the wisdom that is discussed there is the wisdom that only comes from God. There are different kinds of fear, and as…

Ecclesiastes 1:1 states that this book contains “the words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.” For this reason, it is traditionally believed to have been written by King Solomon around the year 935 B.C.E. King Solomon was the son of David, who was known for his wisdom and his writings, as well as his wealth. In chapter 2, verses 4-9 mention great works he built as well as treasures he owned, also leading to the belief that Solomon is the author. Not all Biblical scholars…

to know more about God, His commands, and His will. Therefore, God speaks expressly in the Bible about the need for wisdom! Proverbs 4:7 states: “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: And with all thy getting get understanding.” God wants his children to have wisdom and benefit from it! Every man in and of himself is simple. Simple, in the book of Proverbs, essentially means a “young, naïve person.” In other words, an unlearned person can be considered impressionable. Simplicity…

Ecclesiastes is often thought of as “the book that says everything is pointless”. This is true, to some extent. The book covers almost all other the reasons people have found for living and explains, in detail, why it is not worth pursuing. Everything is a cycle and if you follow it you will only end up doing the same thing over and over again with no real sense of happiness or purpose. The one exception to this and the one thing that can give meaning and happiness to everything else is God and…