Discover timeless wisdom for everyday life. Read Proverbs simply or explore every verse, its meaning and Hebrew words. One chapter a day, in English and Spanish.
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Bad friends call you to come and do wrong, and Wisdom calls you to listen and learn. The voice you choose to follow decides how things turn out for you.
If you look for wisdom as hard as you would look for buried treasure, God will give it to you. Then it will keep you safe from people who would lead you the wrong way.
Trust God more than your own ideas, with your thinking, your things and your hard days. That is what being wise is. It is worth more than treasure, and it shows in how you treat your neighbours.
A dad passes on what his own dad taught him. Get wisdom whatever it costs, stay off the path of bad people, and guard your heart, because everything you do comes out of it.
A relationship that breaks marriage promises may seem sweet, but it brings pain. If you are married, care for your marriage. If you are single, respect other people's marriages and choose honest relationships. God sees our choices.
A dad warns his child about four things that wreck a person's life: silly promises about money, being lazy, stirring up fights, and taking someone else's husband or wife. Mum and Dad's teaching is the light that keeps you safe.
A dad tells a true-to-life story about a young man who listened to a married woman's sweet talk and followed her home. It looked like fun, but it was a trap. Keep wise words close so you are not tricked.
Wisdom is pictured as a lady who stands where everyone can hear and tells them how good it is to be wise. She was with God before He made the world, and whoever finds her finds life.
Two ladies invite you to their houses. Wisdom has made a real feast, and going to her leads to life. Foolishness only offers stolen things, and her house leads to death. You have to choose which one to listen to.
Short sayings from King Solomon. Almost every one puts two people side by side, one who does right and one who does wrong, and shows how things turn out for each. Many are about the words we say.
More short sayings about people who do right and people who do wrong. Being honest, kind and happy to share is good for you, and good for your whole town too.
These sayings show what people who do right are like on the inside. They tell the truth, they say things that help, they work hard, and they listen when someone tells them they are wrong.
A wise person listens when someone shows them they are wrong, is careful with words, works hard and picks wise friends. People who will not listen end up in trouble.
Things are not always what they look like. A road can look fine and end badly, and a smile can hide a sad heart. Wise people who love and respect God stop and think about where each step leads, and they are kind to poor people because God made them.
This chapter is about the words we say and the heart they come from. Gentle words calm people down, and a glad heart makes every day feel like a party. God sees everything, even what we think, and He loves to hear people who do right when they pray.
People make lots of plans, but God has the last word on what really happens. So the wise way to live is to trust Him, not be proud, be fair, and use kind words.
These short sayings are about living well with other people. A calm home is better than a rich one, a fool hurts everyone near him, and good friends love, forgive and know when to keep quiet.
Most of this chapter is about what our mouths do. Words can start fights, trap us, or bring life. It also asks where we are really safe: with God, or behind a pile of money?
Being poor is hard, and many friends only stay for the money. But being honest, patient, willing to be corrected and respecting God is what really keeps a life safe. Whatever people plan, God's plan is the one that happens.
What is inside a person is hidden deep down, like water in a well. But the things we do, the way we buy and sell, and the words we say all show it. God sees it all.
God guides even kings, and He looks at every heart. He wants us to do what is right and fair. No plan can ever beat Him.
Being known as a good person is better than being rich. God made rich and poor alike, and He stands up for the poor. So listen to wise words and trust Him.
Fancy food, lots of money and too much wine look good, but they can trick you and hurt you. A dad asks his child to listen, to love what is true, and to make Mum and Dad glad.
Bad people may look like they are winning, but nothing good is waiting for them. Wisdom builds a strong home and a good life. The chapter ends with a walk past a lazy man's field, all covered in weeds.
These sayings use pictures like golden apples, cold water and honey to teach us how to talk and how to act. Don't show off, be gentle, keep secrets, and be kind even to people who are mean to you.
This chapter paints funny and sad pictures of three kinds of people: the fool who never learns, the lazy person who won't get out of bed, and the person who uses words to start fights and trick others.
This chapter is about being a true friend: telling the truth, staying close and helping each other grow. It also says not to brag, and to take good care of the things you have been given to look after.
People who do right can be as brave as a lion, because they have nothing to hide. This chapter talks a lot about rulers, rich people and poor people. It says it is better to be poor and honest than rich and sneaky, and that God is kind to those who own up to what they did wrong.
These sayings show what happens when good people or bad people are in charge, at home and in a whole country. They also say that children need to be taught, that anger makes trouble, and that trusting God keeps you safe.
A man called Agur says he does not know everything, but God does, and every word God says is true. Then he makes lists by counting: things that are never full, things that amaze him, tiny animals that are very wise, and things that walk tall.
First a mother teaches her son, the king, to stay away from things that would ruin him and to speak up for people who have no one to help them. Then comes a poem about a wonderful wife who works hard, is kind, and respects God.