| Proverbs 4 | |
|---|---|
 The whole Book of Proverbs in the Leningrad Codex (1008 C.E.) from an old fascimile edition. | |
| Book | Book of Proverbs |
| Category | Ketuvim |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 21 |
Proverbs 4 is the fourth chapter of the Book of Proverbs in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] The book is a compilation of several wisdom literature collections, with the heading in 1:1 may be intended to regard Solomon as the traditional author of the whole book, but the dates of the individual collections are difficult to determine, and the book probably obtained its final shape in the post-exilic period.[3][4] This chapter is a part of the first collection of the book.[5] The Jerusalem Bible entitles this chapter, "On choosing wisdom".[6]
- ^ Halley 1965, p. 270.
- ^ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ^ Aitken 2007, p. 406.
- ^ Steinmann, Andrew E., Proverbs 1-9 as a Solomonic Composition, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 43.4 (December 2000): p. 660, accessed 9 April 2021
- ^ Aitken 2007, pp. 406, 409.
- ^ Jerusalem Bible (1966), sub-title at Proverbs 4