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The book of Proverbs takes its title from the first word in the Hebrew text which is usually translated as "proverbs." That word,

mashal, is a general Hebrew term for any

kind of comparison. It could describe a parable, similes, allegories, wisecracks, songs, one-liners, maxims and even doctrinal revelations.

Proverbs is Wisdom Literature

• Wisdom Literature describes a way of

living a life - a way of understanding the world.

• Wisdom seeks to understand the world in

physical and social environments and is practical not philosophical. It is reflective, rational, and concerned with truth and knowledge.

• Wisdom is concerned with choosing the

proper course of action for well being in life.

Wisdom Passages

• Job – The True Path for Responding to

Suffering

• Song of Songs – The Path of Authentic

Love

• Ecclesiastes – The Paths of Experience
• Nine Psalms – Contrasting Paths (1, 36,

37, 49, 73, 112, 127, 128, 133)

• Proverbs – Instruction on Wisdom and

Possible Paths

• Proverbs must be read as a
• collection. No single proverb can

express all the truth about any given

• subject. Wisdom comes from a

balance.

• When Proverbs is understood as a

whole and taken to heart – a wise man is produced.

Proverbs – The Collection

• 1. Prologue: Prov. 1:1-7
• 2. Parents’ 12 Lessons: Prov. 1:8- 9:18
• 3. Sayings of Solomon: Prov. 10:1- 22:16
• 4. 30 Sayings: Prov. 22:17- 24:22 (Bonus

Sayings 24:23-34)

• 5. Hezekiah Selection: Prov. 25:1- 29:27
• 6. Oracle of Agur: Prov. 30:1-33
• 7. The Poem of Lemuel: Prov. 31:1-31

Simple

Fool

Prudent Wise

To know wisdom and instruction To discern the sayings of understanding To receive instruction Wise Behavior, Righteousness, Justice Equity

The Prologue – What Proverbs is to Accomplish.

Lesson One: True Value (Prov. 1:8-33) (Stuff vs. Wisdom) Lesson Two: True Value (Prov. 2:1-22)(Women vs. Wisdom) Lesson Three: Benefits of Wisdom (Prov. 3:1-20) Lesson Four: Sudden Fear and Persistence of Fools (Prov. 3:21-35) Lesson Five: Wisdom: a Family Business (Prov. 4:1-9) Lesson Six: Obstacle-Free Path (Prov. 4:10-19) Lesson Seven: Guard your Heart (Prov. 4:20-27) Lesson Eight: Folly of the Strange Woman and the Wisdom of Marriage (Prov. 5:1-23) Lesson Nine: Types of People (Prov. 6:1-19) Lesson Ten: Price of a Strange Woman (Prov. 6:20-35) Lesson Eleven: Seductive Tactics (Prov. 7:1-27) Lesson Twelve: Wisdom (Prov. 8:1- 9:18)

The Twelve Lessons from a Father and Mother

Prudent

• The word prudent or prudence in Proverbs comes

from five different Hebrew words: biyn, aram, aruwm, sakal, and ormah. These words are synonyms that refer to various key traits of a prudent man - cunning, smart, sensible, circumspect, and able to discern between options.

• Proverbs 22:3 The prudent sees the evil and

hides himself, But the simple go on, and are punished for it.

• Wisdom not same as Prudent - Proverbs 8:12

I, wisdom, dwell with prudence - I find knowledge and discretion. 13 but the fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverted mouth, I hate.

The Second Book

The second Solomonic collection begins in Chapter 10 and goes through 22:16. It consists of about 375 individual proverbs.

Simple

Fool

Prudent Wise

Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up strife

But love covers all transgressions

Chapters 10 through 22 provide short statements that are designed to test the student’s understanding

• f the three

possible paths

• f life choices.

The Third Collection- 30 Sayings

• Do Not
• Reasoned

Discussion

• The Younger

Son

• Wrong and

Right Path

Egyptian Wisdom Books

• The Instruction of Amen-em-Ope. From the

time just before Solomon. It is written for the youngest son and has thirty chapters. His purpose: The guide for well-being, To set one straight on the paths of life, and make him prosper on earth; To let his heart settle down in its chapel, as one who steers him clear

• f evil; To save him from the talk of others, As one

who is respected in the speech of men.

• Solomon’s purpose for his 30: “it will be pleasant if

you keep them within you, That they may be ready on your lips. So that your trust may be in the LORD …to make you know what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?

The Forth Collection

Proverbs for a people who have no restraint. See, 2 Chronicles 28:19

Ahaz “Had Brought About a Lack of Restraint in Judah”

• “Wisdom of Restraint” – Chapter 25
• “This is a Fool” - Chapter 26
• “Counsel for a Man who will Listen”

– Chapter 27

• “Instructive Contrasts (Gems)” -

Chapters 28-29

The Fifth Collection Proverbs 30 and 31

Proverbs 30 is a lesson from a father to rebellious sons. Proverbs 31 is a lesson from a mother to a wayward son. Each parent has a “burden” to share. Proverbs ends with a son who listens and admires his mother for taking time to teach him the hard lessons.