Do you know what the second top-selling self-help book is?
It is “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill, with an astounding 80 million copies sold worldwide.
After this are “You Can Heal Your Life” (50 million), “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” (26 million), and “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” (Over 25 million).
All of that is interesting, but the top-selling self-help book is the Book of Proverbs, with hundreds of billions of copies sold worldwide.
The book of Proverbs was specifically written to help people live well and make wise decisions. Read the first six verses, and you will understand the purpose.
Proverbs 1: Verses 1 through 6
Verse 1 says: These are the proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel,
Verses 2 through 6 read:
For gaining wisdom and discipline,
for comprehending words of insight,
and for receiving instruction in wise living
and in righteousness, justice, and equity.
To impart prudence to the simple and knowledge and discretion to the young, let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel by understanding the proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
It is tragic that so many millions rush to obtain a book of wise words from the latest guru but overlook the book about wise living from the wisest man who ever lived, Solomon.
They already have this book. It is nearly 3,000 years old and is in their Bible.
Lonnie Davis