The Book Of Proverbs

by Anonymous

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgement, and equity.This is the full King James Version Text.

Genres: Nonfiction, Religion, Faith, Christian, Audiobook, Classics

83 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1611

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Reviews

[Diamond Cowboy]

I shall write a full review at a later date.

[Amanda Matthews]

Basically, wanting to see how many times I can listen through Proverbs in 2022.

[Yibbie]

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
(Proverbs 1:7)

[Lynn]

I always feel silly trying the rate the Bible.

[Evangeline]

not as good as psalms, but what ever will be (besides John).

[Cindy B.]

If you need advice in short, clear, complete pieces that are still part of a whole puzzle - this is your book.

[J Grimsey]

The poetry is great. As the word of God it's great and there is much wisdom and common sense in it especially when it was written. If you apply Universal ethics and or modern ideas there are interesting things which might need thinking about. It's attitude to women/ wives is questionable and beating children and servants does not fit -on the face of it - with modern psychology or views on child abuse.

[τ◔ɓΞ]

Awesome collection of life maxims for guiding our thoughts, words and actions. In all its 31 chapters I pick one verse each and repeat it every month!

[Logan]

As a young boy my father regular read these with us and they absolutely shaped my outlook and life. We are trying to focus on them with our own children as well (in addition to regular, sequential Bible reading) and hope to go through this book carefully and thoughtfully many times and apply these words of wisdom to our lives. They are crucial to living in this world.

[Books Of The Way]

Timeless widsom as true today as when it was written.

[Madeline]

Proverbs of Solomon, my favorite Bible book of the wisdom genre.

[Amy]

NRSV version

[Brian]

I did not read this book or the KJV - but I have been reading proverbs nonstop since starting my new job. Must have read it 5-6 times by now. Just trying to let it sink in.

[Maria]

The Book of Proverbs has tons of wisdom and many verses on how to live a Christlike life. I think this is my 6th re read of this book in the Bible and the same with psalms

[Aaron White]

Just wise counsel about what the world could be like, if righteousness prevailed. Worth reading with an “imagine if” lense.

[Faith]

My Mom taught me to love the Proverbs. This is the book to read to gain wisdom.

[maya ruhland]

read for religion!

[Iris Li]

read the niv version

[Sanni]

way too much text dedicated to how a bad wife will bring you disaster and how you shouldn't sleep with someone else's wife when the initial concept of lady wisdom woven into the universe's fabric is so interesting and could've been explored with more inspiring teachings

[Robert Ruckle]

4:19 "The ways of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble."

5:3-4 "For the lips of an strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil; But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword."

9:8 "Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee."

10:16 "The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin."

15:16 "Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith."

15:23 "A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!"

[Joan Haughton]

These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of Israel.

Listen to the words of the wise; apply your heart to my instruction.

Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Here are some further sayings of the wise: It is wrong to show favoritism when passing judgment.

Bless the name of Jesus!

[Josephine]

A book of wisdom that has stood the test of time.

[Brooke Lawrence]

Proverbs > Psalms