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Proverbs: An Introduction & Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries #15)

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Billed as a commentary, this book is more a collection of verse-by-verse textual notes. The first quarter of the book is devoted to an introduction to Proverbs and subject studies of its recurring themes -- God and Man, Wisdom, The Fool, The Sluggard, The Friend, Words, The Family, and Life and Death. The notes on the text itself are frequently insightful and helpful, but if you want an in-depth analysis of the text you should look elsewhere.

I discovered this through reading a blog post by C. J. Mahaney. It's a great one-volume commentary. I use it for my devotional time.
It's not an exhaustive commentary, but it's not meant to be.
Particularly useful are the theme studies at the beginning of the book.

This book is very helpful in getting an understanding of what Proverbs has to say about specific subjects(words, wisdom, family, friends, the fool). The author is helpful in concluding functioning principles from the text and he always gives a scripture reference for his opinions (most the time more then one scripture, which I like). I have used this book consistently in my quiet times for a few months and it is helpful in getting God's perspective on topics as a whole, rather then reading a chapter in Proverbs and going from topic to topic.

This is an excellent commentary on the book of Proverbs. It allows a student to quickly find information and is not too technical; the layman can use it.

Kidner's Tyndale series commentaries on the Psalms (in two volumes) and Proverbs combine even-handed scholarship with devotional insight. They are concise and yet full.