Proverbs
Old Testament · Wisdom · 30 chapter studies · 30 narrated · Total audio: 8 hrs 39 min
Read Proverbs in canonical sequence.
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- Intro Proverbs - General Introduction Proverbs is Scripture for the training of perception.
- 1 Proverbs 1:1-7 - The Fear of the Lord and the Beginning of Wisdom Proverbs opens by telling us what kind of person can receive wisdom.
- 1 Proverbs 1:8-33 - The Two Voices Calling the Soul After Proverbs names the fear of the Lord as the beginning of wisdom, it immediately shows the soul standing between voices.
- 2 Proverbs 2 - Wisdom as Hidden Treasure Proverbs 2 teaches that wisdom is both gift and pursuit.
- 3 Proverbs 3 - Trust in the Lord With All Your Heart Proverbs 3 is one of Scripture's clearest calls to surrender the whole heart to God.
- 4 Proverbs 4 - Guard Your Heart Proverbs 4 gathers the opening movement of the book into one command: guard the heart.
- 5 Proverbs 5 - The Bitter End of Secret Desire Proverbs 5 is not a crude warning that women are dangerous.
- 6 Proverbs 6 - Fire in the Bosom and the Discipline of Diligence Proverbs 6 gathers several warnings that look separate but share one burden: the wise person must not surrender the soul to snares.
- 7 Proverbs 7 - The Way to the Chambers of Death Proverbs 7 shows temptation as a whole liturgy of misdirection: darkness, flattery, religious language, sensual preparation, secrecy, and urgency.
- 8 Proverbs 8 - Wisdom Speaks and Christ the Eternal Word Proverbs 8 moves Wisdom from the guarded home of the father to the public gates of the city.
- 9 Proverbs 9 - Two Banquets, Wisdom and Folly Proverbs 9 closes the opening section of the book by placing two invitations before the soul.
- 10 Proverbs 10 - The Righteous Tongue and the Wise Life Proverbs 10 begins the compact proverb collections and moves from long speeches to repeated flashes of spiritual diagnosis.
- 11 Proverbs 11 - Integrity, Mercy, and the City That Stands Proverbs 11 teaches that integrity is never private.
- 12 Proverbs 12 - Correction, Truth, and the Way of Life Proverbs 12 teaches that the wise person is correctable, truthful, merciful, and rooted.
- 13 Proverbs 13 - Desire, Discipline, and the Tree of Life Proverbs 13 is about desire being trained instead of indulged.
- 14 Proverbs 14 - The Way That Seems Right and the House Wisdom Builds Proverbs 14 teaches that wisdom builds what pride only imitates.
- 15 Proverbs 15 - A Gentle Answer and the Healing Tongue Proverbs 15 teaches that speech is never merely sound.
- 16 Proverbs 16 - Providence, Pride, and the Heart''s Way Proverbs 16 teaches that wisdom is life under God's judgment and providence.
- 17 Proverbs 17 - Friendship, Fire, and the Mercy That Covers Injuries Proverbs 17 teaches that peace is worth more than abundance, mercy is stronger than revenge, and true friendship is proven in distress.
- 18 Proverbs 18 - The Name of the Lord and the Power of the Tongue Proverbs 18 is a chapter about the hidden world inside words.
- 19 Proverbs 19 - Counsel, Mercy, and the Fear of the Lord Proverbs 19 teaches that the heart must be trained not to blame God, flatter power, abandon the poor, or trust its own plans.
- 20 Proverbs 20 - Wine, Weights, and the Lamp of the Lord Proverbs 20 is a chapter about sobriety of the whole person.
- 21 Proverbs 21 - The King's Heart, Justice, and the Lord's Help Proverbs 21 teaches that no heart is outside God's hand, not even the king's heart.
- 22 Proverbs 22.1-16 - A Good Name, Generosity, and the Training of the Heart Proverbs 22:1 16 teaches that a good name, holy fear, generosity, purity of heart, and formed children are worth more than money.
- 22 Proverbs 22.17-24.22 - The Sayings of the Wise and the Heart That Learns Proverbs 22:17 24:22 begins a new movement in the book: the sayings of the wise.
- 24 Proverbs 24.23-34 - Judgment, Vengeance, and the Vineyard of the Sluggard Proverbs 24:23 34 is a compact final collection on judgment, truth, vengeance, ordered labor, and the neglected soul.
- 25-26 Proverbs 25-26 - Glory, Enemies, Fools, and Self-Control Proverbs 25 26 moves through royal humility, well ordered speech, measured sweetness, mercy toward enemies, the madness of fools, the excuses of the sluggard, and the hidden...
- 27-29 Proverbs 27-29 - Friendship, Correction, Justice, and the Fear of Man Proverbs 27 29 is a hard school of truthfulness.
- 30 Proverbs 30 - Agur: Humility Before Mystery Proverbs 30 is the chapter of holy sobriety.
- 31 Proverbs 31 - Lemuel, the Wise Household, and the Valiant Woman Proverbs 31 closes the book by bringing wisdom into public rule, household life, work, speech, generosity, and the fear of the Lord.