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The following reads like a poem. Solomon has tried, in various ways, to highlight wisdom and to emphasize how close wisdom is to...

Introduction Who doesn’t know that the first gospel, the first book of the whole New Testament canon (that is, authorized Scripture for...

In this chapter, Solomon warns his son, or children, or students, to make wise financial decisions and not to be entrapped by a...

I argued last week that the writer, presumably Solomon, uses metaphors, saying one thing in order to understand another thing. Good...

Many commentators assume that Solomon is talking about sex here, a prostitute in Las Vegas, perhaps, or a neighbor’s wife who seduces a...

4: 1-4a.              Listen, children, to a father’s instruction,                                    and be...

3: 21-35.    My child, do not let these escape from your sight: keep sound wisdom and prudence, and they will be life for your soul and...