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Proverbs

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Commentary:

Introduction to Proverbs

1. I. Written Commentary
   
   

   Proverbs 1:1-33	Proverbs 3:1-35	Proverbs 4:1-27	Proverbs 8:1-36
   Proverbs 14:1-35	Proverbs 22:1-29	Proverbs 30:1-33	Proverbs 31:1-31

   
   
2. II. Audio Commentary by Text
   
   
   1. Proverbs 1:1-7;  3:1-12;  8:1-36
   2. Proverbs 3:13-20;  8:1-36
   3. Proverbs 4:1-27
   4. Proverbs 10:14-18;  11:2-5;  12:1-3;  13:20-25
   5. Proverbs 14:1-35
   6. Proverbs 17:5,7,15,23;  19:17,24;  20:4;  21:3,13
   7. Proverbs 22:1-16
   8. Proverbs 22:24-25;  23:17-21,29-35;  24:17-18
   9. Proverbs 25:6,7,16-17,21-27,28;  26:17,21;  27:1-2;  28:6
   10. Proverbs 30:1-33
   11. Proverbs 31:1-31
   
   
3. III. Video Commentary
   
   

   The Christian and Aging	The Christian and Alcohol
   The Christian Athlete	The Christian and Human Sexuality
   The Christian and Human Speech	The Christian and Money
   The Christian and Personal Relationships	The Christian and Racism
   The Christian and the State	The Christian and World Hunger
   Radical Discipleship	Women In the Plan of God
   Worship

   
   
4. IV. Special Topics Related to Proverbs

   SPECIAL TOPIC: ALMSGIVING
   SPECIAL TOPIC: BIBLICAL ATTITUDES TOWARD ALCOHOL AND ALCOHOL ABUSE
   SPECIAL TOPIC: FOOLISH
   SPECIAL TOPIC: FOREVER ('olam)
   SPECIAL TOPIC: FORGIVEN (OT)
   SPECIAL TOPIC: HUMAN AGING
   SPECIAL TOPIC: HUMAN GOVERNMENT
   SPECIAL TOPIC: HUMAN SEXUALITY
   SPECIAL TOPIC: HUMAN SPEECH
   SPECIAL TOPIC: HUNGER
   SPECIAL TOPIC: INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
   SPECIAL TOPIC: KNOW (OT)
   SPECIAL TOPIC: LAND, COUNTRY, EARTH (erets)
   SPECIAL TOPIC: LIFTED UP (OT)
   SPECIAL TOPIC: LIONS
   SPECIAL TOPIC: LOVINGKINDNESS (hesed)
   SPECIAL TOPIC: RANSOM/REDEEM
   SPECIAL TOPIC: SHEOL
   SPECIAL TOPIC: WEALTH
   SPECIAL TOPIC: WOMEN IN THE BIBLE
   

Appendices:

Brief Explanations of the Technical Resources used in This Commentary

Brief Definitions of Hebrew Verbal Forms that Impact Exegesis

Abbreviations Used in This Commentary

A Word From the Author: How Can This Commentary Help You?

A Guide to Good Bible Reading: A Personal Search for Verifiable Truth

OLD TESTAMENT AS HISTORY

OT HISTORICAL NARRATIVE

OT HISTORIOGRAPHY COMPARED TO NEAR EASTERN CULTURES

SPECIAL TOPIC: SACRIFICIAL SYSTEMS OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST

Old Testament Timeline

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