Why is Proverbs frequently quoted and applied today?

Question:

Why is Proverbs frequently quoted as applying today when it is in the Old Testament? Wasn't the Old Testament done away with?

Answer:

"For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope" (Romans 15:4).

Count the number of times Jesus and the Apostles quoted the Old Testament or alluded to it and you'll have your answer.

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