The Wisdom of Proverbs By Don Ruhl Where does the world go for
advice? Where do you go for advice? How many people, including
yourself, think of going to the Book of Proverbs? Instead people
will pay good money to get worldly advice or to pay for
medications to deal with their problems. “In 1992, the
Associated Press evaluated 4000 self-help books. They concluded
that the oldest and best of the how-tos of happiness are in the
oldest self-help book—the Bible” (The Bible and Its Influence,
page 144). What Is a Proverb? It is a short pithy saying,
stating a general truth or piece of advice. First Kings 4
reveals that Solomon wrote 3,000 proverbs. Would you not like to
know all those other ones not revealed in the Bible? Not even a
third of those made it into the Book of Proverbs, although we
have more of his wisdom in the Books of Ecclesiastes and the
Song of Solomon. “Thus Solomon’s wisdom excelled the wisdom of
all the men of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. For he was
wiser than all men—than Ethan the Ez