Proverbs Bible Study With Paul David TrippSample

The Most Radical Theme of Proverbs

This theme is where the book of Proverbs is its most radical and countercultural. We live in a culture where any authority that sets a boundary seems to be repudiated. We're told that everything is supposed to be okay no matter what we do, no matter who wants to do it, and that to put restrictions on people is a form of bigotry. But Proverbs puts before us the importance of a life of submission to a higher authority.