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Walter Boyd, Proverbs: Wisdom For Every Day (N. Ireland, Scripture Teaching
Library), 155 pages
Reviewed by Steve Morin
The Proverbs is a book that does not easily lend itself
to the commentary format. Despite this being the case,
Walter Boyd has taken on the challenge of guiding his
readers through the Book of Proverbs and does so in a
very competent manner.
In view of its size, Walter’s book is obviously not
an exhaustive commentary. It does not handle every
verse, nor does it seek to answer every question that
may arise. It also does not concern itself with gram-
matical or historical matters. What Walter does in this
work is examine verses that convey The Proverbs'
central themes. In doing so, he both explains their
significance and demonstrates their relevance to the
lives of modern-day believers.
There are 31 chapters in brother Boyd’s book, each one handling a specific chapter of
The Proverbs. His chapters are brief, averaging four or five pages in length. Each begins
with a descriptive overview of the chapter of The Proverbs that is therein explicated.
After each overview, Walter focuses on specific verses he desires to highlight. He ex-
pounds them briefly while applying their wisdom in a practical way to everyday life.
All in all, brother Boyd succeeds in his endeavor to make The Proverbs accessible to
his readers. Young believers in particular will find this work to be a helpful introduction.
However, believers of all ages can also profit by our brother’s thoughtful observations
and ruminations on this unique portion of holy Scripture.

Gideon Continued from p. 52
his family and the nation as a whole away Difficulties in the assembly, or even just
from the divinely-sanctioned centre of a sense of ennui with the divine pattern,
worship. And, notwithstanding his desire can tempt us to introduce into our homes
to serve the true God, it remains the expedients that seem to be sensible and
fact that Gideon’s ephod had its origins, spiritual supplements to the scriptural
ultimately, in the gold of the Ishmaelite pattern and the local assembly. But we
earrings. His novel approach to God was need to be so very careful that what we
linked not just with the world, but with allow in our homes does not end up, as
pagan idolatry too. It is not easy to live in Gideon’s ephod did, as a snare, a trap, a
times when there is failure in the house dangerous distraction to ourselves and
of God or among those who serve there. our households.

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