Proverbs 10:13
The Bible4Jesus.com Podcast
About this episode
The book of Proverbs is not a collection of quaint, disconnected fortune cookie sayings. It is a sustained, inspired meditation on the nature of reality. And at the heart of that reality is a fundamental, unbridgeable chasm. Every proverb, in one way or another, is a commentary on this great divide. There is no neutral ground in God's world; you are either walking toward wisdom or you are stumbling toward folly. Our verse today, from the tenth chapter, sets this contrast in the sharpest possible terms. It shows us where wisdom is found and what happens when it is absent. It presents us with two kinds of people, defined by what is in their hearts, what comes out of their mouths, and what is applied to their backs. It touches on how we speak, how we learn, how we raise our children, and how God governs His world.