Proverbs

What does it mean to fear the Lord?

Reading Proverbs 22 without risking a change of heart

Does a good woman give and give and give without thought to her own well-being?

Proclaiming God’s abundance or dwelling in perceived scarcity?

Proverbs warns us against the culture of self-aggrandizement.

Jesus and Maimonides are drinking from the same well: the book of Proverbs.

Growing up, I never heard a word about God laughing, joking, or doing anything for fun.

Hans Boersma sees scripture as more open to imaginative reading than our modern methods permit. The key is faith in Christ.

When we are overwhelmed by our daily struggles, when we get weary because of the dehumanization that results from hatred and greed, Proverbs 8 and Psalm 8 remind us how God conceives of us as human beings crowned with glory and honor.

Each time I read these words from the beginning of Proverbs, I can't stop thinking about how much I would like to hear a child read them in worship.

Proverbs 31 used to be a standard at funerals. That was before we realized that womanly virtue meant more than giving a husband bragging rites in the city gates. I use to think it my pastoral duty to root out both masculine and feminine stereotypes in liturgy, hymnody and scripture. Now I’m not so sure.

Enough water has passed under the bridge to allow us to take a second look at the virtuous woman of Proverbs 31.

Is John 1 a midrash on the creation story and the song of creative Wisdom? If so, its writer has infused it with profoundest joy.

Proverbs 9 seems to suggest that someone might be tempted to bypass wisdom’s feast and try to survive on the thin gruel of folly, or information.

This Sunday's readings provide Bible backup for a nonscriptural word.