The book of Proverbs addresses many practical issues in the Christian life, such as marriage, family, labor, government, business, truth-telling, and the like. Yet, of all the topics addressed in Proverbs, apart from wisdom itself, there are more...
Proverbs 11:22 A beautiful woman who rejects good sense is like a gold ring in a pig's snout. (CSB) Proverbs 11:28 Anyone trusting in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like foliage. (CSB) What do these two...
Read all of Proverbs 10, and Matthew 12:33-37. Proverbs 10 marks a transition to the second collection of proverbs of Solomon that continues through 22:16. While chapter 10 addresses multiple topics, a significant focus of these verses is the...
Proverbs 8:1-6 “Does not wisdom call, and understanding lift up her voice? On top of the heights beside the way, where the paths meet, she takes her stand; beside the gates, at the opening to the city, at the entrance of the doors she...
Read all of Proverbs 9, and Luke 14:16-24. When you receive an invitation in the mail, your reaction to that invitation could be different depending on who you are and the nature of the invitation. If you are an extrovert, you may view all...
Good or evil, wisdom or folly, life or death—which will you pursue? That is the question presented by a father to his son in Proverbs 1-9. One doesn’t have to read very far to realize that these two options are personified as females...
Proverbs 4:1-9Hear, O sons, a father’s instruction, and be attentive, that you may gain insight, for I give you good precepts; do not forsake my teaching. When I was a son with my father, tender, the only one in the sight of my mother, he...
In the Bible, the books typically classified as “Wisdom Literature” include Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and James. Wisdom can take on different meanings, for example, by having exceptional skills physically or mentally to having the...
Prov. 5:1-6My son, pay attention to my wisdom; Lend your ear to my understanding, That you may preserve discretion, and your lips may keep knowledge. For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil; but in the end...
Proverbs 2:1–5 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding...