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WISDOM LITERATURE A genre of ancient literature characterized by an emphasis on teaching its audience the things necessary to attain to virtue and obtain divine favor. This genre makes up a large portion of the Hebrew Bible and is well attested in other ancient literatures—especially Egyptian and Mesopotamian.
One important respect in which these books differ from other biblical material is that they focus on the life concerns of the individual. They rarely mention Israel’s most important institutions: the temple, the sacrificial system, and the codified law. Sometimes there is reference to law in writings related to Wisdom literature, but it is usually the more informal law-as-instruction
In this regard, biblical Wisdom literature gives much advice for everyday choices in life. The basic unit of wisdom-teaching in the book of Proverbs is the short saying, a metaphorical comparison that gives advice in a memorable way.
Ecclesiastes 2:11
11 When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind.D, There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Christian Standard Bible Psalm 39
5 In fact, you have made my days just inches long,
and my life span is as nothing to you.
Yes, every human being stands as only a vapor.
Christian Standard Bible Chapter 16
26 For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?
Matthew 11:28–29
28 “Come to me, all of you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take up my yoke and learn from me, because I am lowly and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
1 Corinthians 15:19
19 If we have put our hope in Christ for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone.