Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Jun Psalm 52 9 02-Jun Psalms 53-54 13 03-Jun Psalm 55:1-14 14 04-Jun Psalm 55:15-23 9 05-Jun Psalm 56 13 06-Jun Psalm 57 11 07-Jun Psalm 58 11 08-Jun Psalm 59 17 09-Jun Psalm 60 12 10-Jun Psalm 61 8 11-Jun Psalm 62 12 12-Jun Psalm 63 11 13-Jun Psalm 64 10 …
Monthly Archives: May 2022
May 31 / Proverbs 9:13-18
Proverbs 9:13-18 We end these first nine chapters of Proverbs with the personification of Folly, who somewhat gracelessly mimics Wisdom in calling to those who pass by (v. 15) with what sounds like the same invitation: “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” (v. 16; see Pr. 9:4) But the second part of her …
May 30 / Proverbs 9:7-12
Proverbs 9:7-12 Today in our reading of Proverbs we finally arrive at a few proverbs. 🙂 Have you ever tried to correct a scoffer? How did it go? Did the scoffer humbly accept your correction, learn from it, change his ways, and pour out appreciation to you? Or did the scoffer instead keep right on …
May 29 / Proverbs 9:1-6
Proverbs 9:1-6 Wisdom prepares a feast and sets her table. She sends out her young women to call from the highest places in the town (v. 3), and she invites… Whom? Her friends? Geniuses? The powerful? The rich and famous? No. Whoever is simple…him who lacks sense… (v. 4) That’s whom she invites. Her feast …
May 28 / Proverbs 8:32-36
Proverbs 8:32-36 And now, O sons, listen to me… (v. 32) This is now the third time we’ve read that exact phrase in Proverbs. (See also Pr. 5:7; 7:24.) Perhaps we should indeed listen and heed, for Wisdom herself promises blessing: Blessed are those who keep my ways (v. 32) Blessed is the one who listens to …
May 27 / Proverbs 8:22-31
Proverbs 8:22-31 Wisdom continues her proclamations, declaring that she was the first of [the LORD’s] acts of old (v. 22), that she was set up at the first, before the beginning of the earth. (v. 23) She goes on from there, expanding on what we read in Pr. 3:19-20 and describing her presence at Creation. …
May 26 / Proverbs 8:12-21
Proverbs 8:12-21 Wisdom continues calling, declaring her attributes, her deeds, and her virtue. She says, “I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently find me.” (v. 17) Do we love her? Do we seek her? Even more importantly, do we love and seek the One Who is the Source of all …
May 25 / Proverbs 8:1-11
Proverbs 8:1-11 Today’s reading again personifies Wisdom as a woman calling to the children of man to learn from her, much as in Proverbs 1:20-33. Here are a few descriptors of what she offers: Prudence (v. 5) Sense (v. 5) Noble things (v. 6) What is right (v. 6) Truth (v. 7) Righteous words (v. …
May 24 / Proverbs 7:24-27
Proverbs 7:24-27 Her house is the way to Sheol, going down to the chambers of death. (v. 27) In case you missed the point the first few times, adultery (and sin in general) does not end well.
May 23 / Proverbs 7:6-23
Proverbs 7:6-23 Today we get a vivid portrayal of the progression of temptation, specifically toward adultery, but metaphorically toward sin in general. We see a young man foolishly passing along the street … at the time of night and darkness. (vv. 8-9) We see that the woman meets him, dressed as a prostitute, wily of …