UNSEEN BATTLE SERIES · BIBLE CARD 20 OF 39
Proverbs
Mishlei — “Proverbs, parables”
POETRY
- Author / Era
- Solomon, with later additions · approx. 970–700 BC
- Setting
- The royal court of Israel. A father teaching his son to walk through the world.
- Key Figures
- Solomon, the unnamed son, Lady Wisdom, Lady Folly
- Watch For
- Lady Wisdom in chapters 1, 8, and 9 — she is more than a literary figure.
- Connects To
- 1 Corinthians 1:24, 30 · John 1:1–3 · James 1:5
Key Verse
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.”— Proverbs 9:10
Points to Christ: Wisdom Personified
Lady Wisdom of Proverbs 8 prefigures the eternal Word.
For the Fire Pit
Wisdom is the trained instinct to live skillfully under God — and the fool is anyone who refuses to learn it.
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