Proverbs
Old Testament · Poetic Books · 31 chapters
Short sayings and instructions for living well, built on the idea that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
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Context
- Genre
- Wisdom sayings
- Authorship
- Traditionally attributed to SolomonThe book gathers several collections, with other named authors.
- Original language
- Hebrew
- In the original
- חָכְמָהchokmah — wisdom
- Related texts
- Ecclesiastes 1–12 · another voice of wisdomEcclesiasticus 1 · wisdom and reverence