Proverbs

This is the first OT book that I would consider as providing something useful in terms of moral instruction, albeit based on the faulty premise we refer to as God. The list of aphorisms remided me of Polonius' "Neither borrower nor lender be" speech at times, and even the inevitable sexism doesn't detract greatly from such sentiments as "Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom" (4:7).