Proverbs 1:24-27 "Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at...  Read More

Proverbs 1:23 "Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you."Drawn as a strong woman, Solomon placed wisdom in the midst of man.  Drawn as a ...  Read More

Prov. 1:22 "How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?"Attempting to gain and keep his young son’s attention, Solomon chos...  Read More

Proverbs 1:20-21 "Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:  She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying......  Read More

Proverbs 1:19 "So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof."This verse completed a ten-verse counseling session on the dangers of joining a gr...  Read More

Proverbs 1:18 "And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives."Solomon is almost done with his paternal preaching on problematic peer pressure in verse 18.  In previous v...  Read More

Proverbs 1:17 "Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird."For the first time in his collection of proverbs, Solomon references the animal kingdom.  When God gifted Solomon with wisdom,...  Read More

Proverbs 1:16 "For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood."Here in chapter one, Solomon spends as much as time as he does trying to persuade his son to choose his friends carefully becau...  Read More

Proverbs 1:15 "My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:"This is the third time in eight verses; the third time in the first chapter of his book where Solomon addre...  Read More

Proverbs 1:14 "Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:"Early in the Book of Proverbs, Solomon is offering his young son and other readers the opportunity to learn how to recognize a dange...  Read More

Proverbs 1:13 "We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:"Solomon wrote his proverbs to help people, especially his young son.  In order for his readers to benefit from...  Read More

Proverbs 1:12 "Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:"In trying to help his son pay more attention to father and mother, Solomon highlights the dange...  Read More