The first six verses in the first chapter of the book identify these five different purposes for Proverbs:
- Wisdom & Instruction
- Insight
- Prudent Behavior
- Learning
- Understanding
Do you have wisdom? (Check out my post from nearly five years ago entitled Got Wisdom?).
Proverbs 1:7 (depicted above) provides the controlling principle or the essence of the book. Interestingly, Solomon notes that fools actively hate and avoid wisdom.
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