{"id":61755,"date":"2025-12-01T01:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T01:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/?p=61755"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:25:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:25:41","slug":"best-commentaries-on-proverbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/best-commentaries-on-proverbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Commentaries on Proverbs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Rob O\u2019Lynn<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rob O\u2019Lynn teaches preaching at Kentucky Christian University, Johnson University, and Fuller Theological Seminary, and is a minister in Ashland, Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dave Bland, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs, College Press NIV Commentary (<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joplin: College Press Publishing Co., 2002).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Richard J. Clifford, Proverbs: A Commentary, Old Testament Library (Louisville: Westminster<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Knox Press, 1999).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ellen F. Davis, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs, Westminster Bible Companion (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We\u2019ll be adding more in the coming months. 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