WTW 2021
Solomon’s 30 Sayings
Proverbs 22:17 – 24:22
Saying 1
Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach. Proverbs 22:17
Saying Synopsis
Poverty, Anger, Debt, Boundaries, Skill, Gluttony, Riches, Stinginess, Discretion, More Boundaries, Listening, Parenting, Wise Heart, Zeal, More Gluttony, Progeny, Adulterous, Drunkenness, Violence, Favor, Victory, More Wisdom, Schemers, Champions, Honey, Righteous, Humility, Faith & Faithfulness
Saying 30
Fear the Lord and the king, my son, and do not join with rebellious officials, for those two will send sudden destruction on them, and who knows what calamities they can bring? Proverbs 24:21-22
Wisdom in the WORD 
Good morning, brothers
David had 30 Mighty Men
Solomon wrote 30 wise sayings
On closer inspection, I don’t think the sayings noted under the added headings are actually the 30 sayings.
Let’s look at this a bit closer today and tomorrow as we continue through chapters 22-24.
Read this description of the 30 sayings
Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge, teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth, so that you bring back truthful reports to those you serve?
Proverbs 22:20 – 21
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Sayings of Counsel and Knowledge
• Be honest
• Speak the truth
• Bring truthful reports to those you serve
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Can you identify if we may have these specific 30 sayings in Proverbs?
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https://www.gotquestions.org/Instruction-of-Amenemope.html
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And here we come across Ptahhotep again.
I first encountered that name and those writings just a few years ago when I was contemplating the writing and generation of Job (along with Noah and Danel). In looking into those things, I began wondering what could be the most ancient extant writing or content. When we push back the limits, we obviously push back through China and India and have to consider the Akkadians and Sumerians. In the course of that, I came across what is considered the instruction of Ptahhotep and which struck me that it could have even been written or influenced by Joseph himself during the years in rulership in Egypt. Any echoes in Proverbs harkening back to Egypt could thus also have their origins in the wisdom God gave to Joseph.
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Pushing back the limits to their farthest extent, see
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruk_period
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And here are the things I had found previously searching for the oldest book and oldest law code
The Teachings of Ptahhotep: The Oldest Book in the World
The Teachings of Ptahhotep: The Original Ten Commandments
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The wisdom Joseph received from God is evident later in Egyptian writings similar to the law given to Moses (cf Ptahhotep) and the Proverbs collected by and given to Solomon (cf Amenemope).
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1300 BC – Amenemope
2000 BC – Joseph ben Ya’akov
2375 BC – Ptahhotep
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