Posts Tagged ‘Solomon’

Artwork by Alex Levin.

by Chad Daugherty

Wisdom literature in the Bible has provided guidance, encouragement, and moral and ethical lessons for many generations. Proverbs is one book that stands out in the collection of wisdom literature. For more than 3,000 years, humankind has looked to the wisest man who ever lived, Israel’s King Solomon, and his life-changing words of wisdom contained in the book of Proverbs. The word “Proverbs” comes from the Hebrew word “Mahal,” which means to compare or be like. Scott Ellington tells us:

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