Proverbs
King James Version · 31 chapters · 915 verses · Old Testament
Wisdom for ordinary Tuesdays
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel — that is how the book opens. The first nine chapters are a father talking to a son, urging him to choose wisdom over the easy company waiting on the corner. After that it turns to short sayings, mostly a line or two, on money, work, speech, anger, friendship, laziness, drink and the way a fool is different from a wicked man. They are not promises; they are how life usually goes. The whole thing rests on one claim made at the start: the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.