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This Book: The Writings of Wisdom - Proverbs 3 v13-20

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    To see the full message, scroll to the bottom and click through.   Wisdom can be found in every  book,  in every kind of writing  that's  in the  Bible . In the imagination and the insights of poets. In the hope-filled  pro mises and the stream ing  tears of the  pro phets. In the priorities and the penalties of law. In  the examples  of everyday people  just  like us. ______ The book of  Proverbs , the book of  Eccle siastes, and the  Song of Songs   are held together as being  ‘ wisdom literature. ’   Wisdom literature is written not by  pro phets ,  speaking to humanity on behalf of  God . Or  by priests ,  speaking to  God  on behalf of humanity.  Wisdom literature is written by  ‘ wise ones, ’-- w ise human beings speaking to human beings about what it is to be human and to  do  it well , and t o be in relationship with...