UNDERSTANDING PROVERBS | VITAL STATISTICS

0. Introduction

a) The Bible Book Introductions are divided into 4 parts (Overview, Vital Statistics, Blueprint, Mega-themes) for easy-to-understand.

1. Vital Statistics

@1. Purpose:

a) To teach people how to attain wisdom and discipline and a prudent life, and how to do what is right and just and fair (see Ecclesiastes 1:2-3) - in short, to apply divine wisdom to daily life and to provide moral instruction.

@2. Author:

a) Solomon wrote most of this book, with Agur and Lemuel contributing some of the later secions. 

@3. Date Written:

a) Solomon wrote and compiled most of these proverbs early in his reign.

@4. Setting:

a) This is a book of wise sayings, a textbook for teaching people how to live godly lives through the repetition of wise thoughts.

@5. Key Verse:

a)All the rivers run into the sea, Yet the sea is not full; To the place from which the rivers come, There they return again. (Ecclesiastes 1:7 NKJV)

@6. Special Features:

a) The book uses varied literary forms: poems, brief parables, pointed questions, and couplets. Other literary devices include antithesis, comparison, and personification. 

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