# 425 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 9 (# 2). The “key” that opens the door.

In between our two contrasting “women” (wisdom in vv.1-6 and folly in vv. 13-18) there are 6 verses which contain…

# 424 The Proverbs – ‘A manual for living’ (MSG). Proverbs 9 (# 1). A matter of life and death.

Before we move away from the ‘Instructions’ section of Proverbs (1-9), and move into the ‘Single Sentence’ proverbs (10 onwards),…

Now, if you read my last Blog and read slowly the words of Proverbs 8:22-36, then you would be excused…

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I think we get the idea concerning these warnings about adultery, but it seems the author of Proverbs wants to…

I guess you could say that the author of Proverbs understands the subject of human sexuality as very serious, because…

Life is full of warning signs, literally! You don’t have to drive or walk or go swimming far without seeing…

So far, the father in Proverbs has been painting a fairly negative picture to illustrate the ways of folly and…