By Pastor Stefan Hedkvist Pastor Hedkvist is pastor of St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church in Piteå in Sweden (https://www.bekannelse.se/pitea/). This article was originally published in Biblicum volume 74:1, 2010. Translated by Julius Buelow. King Solomon authored many proverbs. Concerning proverbs, he says they give wisdom to the simply and knowledge and discretion to the young. That