YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE BIBLE!
By Dr. Bob Utley, retired professor of hermeneutics (Biblical interpretation)
STUDY GUIDE COMMENTARY SERIES
OLD TESTAMENT, VOL. 9C
ISBN: 978-1-892691-38-5
BIBLE LESSONS INTERNATIONAL
MARSHALL, TEXAS
2018
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www.freebiblecommentary.org
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Commentary:
Introduction to Proverbs
- I. Written Commentary
- II. Audio Commentary by Text
Proverbs 1:1-7; 3:1-12; 8:1-36
Proverbs 3:13-20; 8:1-36
Proverbs 4:1-27
Proverbs 10:14-18 11:2-5; 12:1-3; 13:20-25
Proverbs 14:1-35
Proverbs 17:5, 7, 15, 23; 19:17, 24; 20:4; 21:3, 13
Proverbs 22:1-16
Proverbs 22:24-25; 23:17-21, 29-35; 24:17-18
Proverbs 25:6, 7, 16-17, 21-27, 28; 26:17, 21; 27:1-2; 28:6
Proverbs 30:1-33
Proverbs 31:1-31
- III. Video Commentary
- 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
Doctrinal Statement
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The paragraph divisions and summary captions as well as selected phrases are from:
1. The New King James Version, Copyright ©1979, 1980, 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
Used by permission. All rights reserved.
2. The New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Copyright ©1989 by the Division of Christian
Education of National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U. S. A. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
3. Today’s English Version is used by permission of the copyright owner, The American Bible
Society, ©1966, 1971. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
4. The New Jerusalem Bible, copyright ©1990 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday,
a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
| 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 | 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 | |
