Devotional

Wednesday, August 19, 2026 Proverbs 8:4 “To you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of men. 5 O naive ones, understand prudence; and, O fools, understand wisdom. 6 Listen, for I will speak noble things; and the opening of my lips will reveal right things.” Proverbs 8 introduces us again to Wisdom personified as a woman calling out to those who will listen. This is especially striking after chapter 7. There the adulterous woman calls ...

Wednesday, August 12, 2026 “My son, keep my words and treasure my commandments within you. Keep my commandments and live, and my teaching as the apple of your eye. Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. Say to wisdom, ‘You are my sister,’ and call understanding your intimate friend; that they may keep you from an adulteress, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.” (Proverbs 7:1–5) Proverbs 7 continues a subject Solomon has ...

Wednesday, August 5, 2026 “Can a man take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned? Or can a man walk on hot coals and his feet not be scorched? So is the one who goes in to his neighbor’s wife; whoever touches her will not go unpunished.” (Prov. 6:27–29) Having warned against adultery throughout this chapter, Solomon now uses two unforgettable illustrations to impress upon us the certainty of sin’s consequences. His questions require no answer because ...

Wednesday, July 29, 2026 “There are six things which the Lord hates, yes, seven which are an abomination to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that run rapidly to evil, a false witness who utters lies, and one who spreads strife among brothers.” (Prov. 6:16–19) This passage gives us one of the strongest descriptions in Proverbs of the things that are especially offensive to God. The expression, ...

Wednesday, July 22, 2026 How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? “A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest.” Your poverty will come in like a vagabond and your need like an armed man. (Prov. 6:9–11)   After warning his son about becoming entangled in another person’s financial obligations (Proverbs 6:1–5), Solomon turns to another danger that quietly destroys a person’s life: laziness. Rather than addressing ...