Today, I am reading and commenting on Proverbs 1-4.

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The Book of Proverbs begins by explaining its purpose.  The writer tells us that the purpose is to help us to know wisdom and instruction, that the wise will increase in learning and those who understand will gain guidance.  Then the writer sums up most of the rest of the book: Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and fools despise wisdom.

Then he begins his instruction.  He warns against joining in with those who say they will stand by you while you and they take from those weaker than yourselves.  Those who say that if you stand together you can have a lot of fun and get rich by abusing others.  Do not join with such people because they are merely setting themselves up for disaster.  He follows this warning up by contrasting it with what wisdom offers.  All we have to do is fear the Lord and choose to learn and wisdom is there for us, but if we hate knowledge we will remain simple and foolish.  Accept the words of God, listen to the voice of experience, think about what the proverb writer tells us.  This is the path to a good life and fellowship with God.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.