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Wednesday, September 2, 2026   “Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at my doorposts. For he who finds me finds life and obtains favor from the LORD. But he who sins against me injures himself; all those who hate me love death.” (Prov. 8:34–36)   Throughout Proverbs 8, Wisdom has been personified as a woman publicly calling people to listen. Unlike the seductive woman of the preceding chapter, Wisdom does not entice ...

Wednesday, August 26, 2026 “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverted mouth, I hate.” (Prov. 8:13) Proverbs 8 continues Solomon’s personification of Wisdom as a woman calling men to hear the truth of God. Earlier in the chapter Wisdom called to the naive and the foolish: “Listen, for I will speak noble things” (8:6). Verse 13 now tells us something essential about the character of genuine wisdom. Wisdom ...

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 ...