Proverbs 13:1-14:21 A wise son hears his father’s instruction,but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. Proverbs 13:1 We’ve all seen it. We’ve witnessed bratty kids ignoring their parents and making nuisances of themselves. We’ve all witnessed headstrong teenagers defying their parents’ instructions and sailing into predictable storms. And we’ve seen full-fledged adults do the …
Category Archives: RTB 2024 – Search the Scriptures, Part 1
September 4 / Proverbs 11:14-12:28
Proverbs 11:14-12:28 Whoever brings blessing will be enriched,and one who waters will himself be watered. Proverbs 11:25 Put another way, Jesus says: Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back …
September 3 / Proverbs 10:1-11:13
Proverbs 10:1-11:13 You might notice that our text today is quite different from Proverbs 1-9. I could address that here, but rather than repeat myself, I’ll ask you please just to look back at the first link from 2022 below. I’ll wait… So, making no attempt to cover all the individual proverbs in today’s reading, …
September 2 / Proverbs 9
Proverbs 9 “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” Proverbs 9:4a,16a Both Wisdom and Folly call to us, issuing the same invitation. One sincerely offers life in paths of righteousness and justice. The other is a con artist, whose promises are empty and whose paths lead to death. It is easy here in the …
September 1 / Proverbs 8
Proverbs 8 I think items #2 and #3 in Search the Scriptures today — seeing Wisdom as a foreshadowing of Christ and comparing the gifts Wisdom offers with those found in Christ — are well worth considering. For your convenience, here are the suggested cross-references: To those I would add the following: Yes, take a …
September 2024 Readings
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Sep Proverbs 8 36 02-Sep Proverbs 9 18 03-Sep Proverbs 10:1-11:13 45 04-Sep Proverbs 11:14-12:28 46 05-Sep Proverbs 13:1-14:21 46 06-Sep Proverbs 14:22-15:23 37 07-Sep Proverbs 15:24-16:33 43 08-Sep Proverbs 17-18 52 09-Sep Proverbs 19:1-20:13 42 10-Sep Proverbs 20:14-22:16 64 11-Sep Proverbs 22:17-23:35 48 12-Sep Proverbs 24 34 13-Sep Proverbs 25:1-26:12 40 …
August 31 / Proverbs 6-7
Proverbs 6-7 Here is item #3 in Search the Scriptures today: Test your life in the light of Proverbs 6:16-19. That’s not a bad exercise. But I wonder if the language of those few verses might be such that most of us would be fairly quick to acquit ourselves, perhaps prematurely. For example, I don’t …
August 30 / Proverbs 4-5
Proverbs 4-5 Why is it, do you think, that Solomon uses such strong words encouraging us (or, rather, pushing and pulling us) toward wisdom? Why does he need to use such strong entreaties? Why is it not enough to spend just a verse or two saying that wisdom is a good thing and that maybe …
August 29 / Proverbs 2-3
Proverbs 2-3 Wisdom. Reading these chapters, I’m guessing that we’d all readily agree that wisdom is a good thing. We all recognize that it is to be prized (Pr. 3:4), that it has immense practical value, that it is life-giving and is fully consistent with righteousness and justice and equity, every good path. (Pr. 3:9) …
August 28 / Proverbs 1
As Fred heads off to Europe for the next few months, he has asked me to provide the daily commentary as we head into Proverbs. Those of you who have been with RTB for the past few years know that we went through Proverbs at a slower pace in 2022, and then flew through it …