Status Updates From God's Wisdom in Proverbs

“A God-fearer today is the man who has repented of his good works, as well as his bad, trusted Christ alone as his savior, relied on Christ’s righteousness alone, by the grace of God alone, and taken God‘s Word alone as his marching orders, with God‘s glory alone as his uniting motivation” 106

“We learn here the important lesson that humility does not arise from thinking less of myself than I ought, but from thinking as much of God as I ought.” (80)

“Indeed, the most common forms of humor in the Bible are satire, sarcasm, and irony. And so, we must prepare ourselves for the satire of wise men. If the shoe does not fit at the moment, we may breathe a sigh of relief, square our shoulders, and prepare ourselves for the next volley. However if it does fit, if it is ourselves we find being lampooned, we had better be ready to slip that shoe on…(62)