The book of Proverbs, one of the wisdom books of the Tanakh (Hebrew bible). Many of the short sayings are attributed to Solomon.
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Does 2 Samuel 22:27 mean that God can be unrighteous?
With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure ; and with the froward thou
wilt shew thyself unsavoury (2 Samuel 22:27)
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All the words of my mouth [are] in righteousness; [there is] nothing
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Does the LXX of Proverbs 1:7 have influence on the use of εὐσέβεια in the NT?
Is there any New Testament text wherin an influence of this LXX expanded translation is of interpretive importance in the NT (esp. with regard to εὐσέβεια)?
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I find this ...
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Meaning of N .. N+1 pattern in Amos, Proverbs, Job and Psalms [duplicate]
In the first couple of chapters of Amos, we see a number of proclamations from God that all begin with (all ESV)
"For three transgressions of [region/group], and for four, I will not revoke the ...
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Wise son related to Father and Foolish man related to Mother?
With this verse:
"A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother"
- Proverbs 15:20
I would like to know what you think about this verse, what this really implies, and ...
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What are the proverbs about giving collateral for someone else teaching about loans?
The book of Proverbs gives serious warning about taking on a loan:
Just as the rich rule the poor, so the borrower is servant to the lender. —Proverbs 22:7 (NLT)
But it seems to focus much more ...
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Who is Wisdom in Proverbs
Proverbs chapter 8 uses a personification of Wisdom. Some people take this personification as a description of God, or of the Messiah. Is there any textual justification for this?
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Request for parallels between Psalms and Proverbs
Can someone either post themselves or give me a link to a somewhat detailed comparison between Psalms and Proverbs where fairly word for word parallels are found?
I am looking for all the instances ...
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Synthesizing Differing Translations of Proverbs 18:24
In the King James, Prov. 18:24 reads "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother." This appears to be an admonition for the reader to ...
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How should graded numerical parallelism in Hebrew poetry be understood?
In Hebrew poetry, especially proverbs, we see examples of monotonically increasing numbers that set up parallels. For instance Proverbs 30:15 (NJPS):
The leech has two daughters, “Give!” and ...
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What is the difference between the 'life' given by wisdom in Proverbs and 'life' given by Jesus in 1 John?
These two passages are rather similar:
Proverbs 8:35-36 (ESV)
For whoever finds me [wisdom] finds life and obtains favor
from the Lord, 36 but he who fails to find me injures himself; all who
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What is the tree of life in Proverbs 11:30?
While reading through Proverbs, I found a somewhat startling verse:
Proverbs 11:30 (NIV)
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
and the one who is wise saves lives.
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