Wisdom (Personified)
God's First Fan Wisdom isn't just a concept for Proverbs—it's a person, either allegorically or as an angel-like being of immense power. Proverbs talks about Wisdom's background, and adds some de...
The Adulteress
Along with "the foolish woman" and the assorted male fools who follow her, the adulteress is one of the main villains of Proverbs. But she isn't really a character so much as a symbol embodying all...
The Strong and Virtuous Woman
The "capable wife" of Proverbs' final chapter is the total opposite of the adulteress or foolish woman depicted mainly in the earlier chapters. Whereas the adulteress is morally unserious, prey to...
The King
In Proverbs, the King is basically a mini-version of God. The sort of loyalty and faith that you are supposed to place absolutely in God should be given to the king, but with a few more preconditio...
Tree of Life
In Genesis, the "Tree of Life" is a tree that grants immortality—God prevents humans from eating from it after they fall, so that they won't become both immortal and yet trapped in a fallen state...
Honeycomb
Proverbs uses gathering honey as a symbol for wisdom: My child, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if...
Wisdom's House of Seven Pillars
This is briefly referenced in Proverbs 9:1: "Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars." (The Seven Pillars of Wisdom later became the title for a memoir by T.E. Lawrence,...