If the reader is looking for a change of pace, it can always be found, shifting from the psalms, to the apocalyptic visions of Daniel, the spiritual journey of Job, the pithy proverbs, the novella of Joseph and his brothers, the diverse prophecies, lamentations, the farcical Esther, the Song of Songs, the (quite different) Song of Deborah, the tales of Samson, et cetera, etc.

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The virtue of the One Year Bible has always been that it offers daily readings from the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Psalms, and Proverbs, but it still offers the psychological barriers that come with such a massive undertaking as trying to Read the Whole Thing.

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Of course, the laughter of the book of Proverbs goes deeper than a good joke or a witty reply.

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In its manifesto, the party says it would "seek to re-establish the Biblical foundations of education" as found in the Bible in the book of Proverbs.

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I'm not necessarily a religious man, but I do believe in much of the wisdom from the good book, like Proverbs 12:10.

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Likewise, capitalists espouse Proverbs and various idioms found throughout the epistles.

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Proverbs tell us, without a vision the people perish.

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