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A Topical Treasury of Proverbs“I have been so blessed by my daily readings from this book. Subjects chosen are clear and contemporary and give the reader a comprehensive teaching on each subject; includes a daily reading plan of Proverbs by subject and a verse listing of every topic in each verse. The book is an excellent contribution to an understanding of the book of Proverbs. I am amazed at the depth of research that has been put into this book – the time spent on each verse to classify subjects is truly remarkable.” Dr. J. Lee Simmons, President, Living Faith Global Ministries |
A Topical Treasury of Proverbs
by Thomas B. Clarke 336 pages Dimensions are 6" x 9" First published in Sept 2008 Biblical Studies Press 
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100 Topics from Table of ContentsA Topical Treasury of Proverbs, without altering any words of Scripture, attempts to organize Proverbs for greater understanding. This 336-page book is written so that all the verses related to each subject may be found together, grouping them into 100 unique topics. Shown in (italics) is the number of verses for all topics. For example, there are 25 verses associated with 'Able to be Corrected'. Most verses have several categories – for example, "The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty" from Proverbs 21:5 is categorized into Preparedness, Hard Working, and Wealth. You are invited to click on Good Counsel to see the advantages of categorization.
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Determining the Topics 
As author of A Topical Treasury of Proverbs, one of the challenges I had was in determining the topics. While 100 topics are listed in the book, there were 125 topics that I identified in my analysis. Rather than simply selecting 100 of the 125, I began a process of looking for truly unique topics.In this book, most verses are found under several topics; for example, 'Grace' and 'Mercy' were originally two topics with a great deal of overlap. I found that by combining the topic to 'Grace / Mercy', I was able to have one unique topic. I wanted to be sure that each topic was uniquely different from the other 99 topics. A considerable amount of time was spent arranging and re-arranging each topic so that a quality manuscript would be produced. 
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