Proverbs 1:33 "But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil."The final verse of Solomon’s first chapter of proverbs concludes a fourteen-verse literary masterp...  Read More

Proverbs 1:32 "For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them."As she nears the end of her speech, Wisdom does not shy away from that which has puzz...  Read More

Proverbs 1:31 "Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices."In his letter to the Galatian believers, Paul said, “Be not deceived; God is not mocked: fo...  Read More

Prov. 1:28-30 "Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They w...  Read More

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