Proverbs 1:17-18

This reading plan is from the Everyday Bible Commentary on Proverbs 1-2 and will help you go deeper in the Scripture. It is for anyone who has a desire to grow deeper in their understanding of the Scripture and strengthen their relationship with God by meditating on the deep wisdom of the book of Proverbs.

A proverb is defined as, “a wise saying or precept, a didactic sentence.” At a glance, the book of Proverbs is exactly that: a Biblical book of wise sayings and/or precepts that have been conveniently gathered together for its readers. But what if the book of Proverbs is something more? The book of Proverbs IS something more than a collection of cute phrases...it is Biblical wisdom!

Discipleship works against fear. As we obey God’s commands, we entrust ourselves to him. Like the students attending the schools founded by D. L. Moody in Northfield, MA, God’s people “are encouraged to test the meaning and value of the Bible’s teachings experimentally, by acting upon them, and living them out.” As we “test experimentally” the word of God, we will find that we will have fewer and fewer reasons to be afraid. You can get an expanded version of this plan at moodycenter.org/fear.

In our rapidly changing and powerfully challenging world, we need wisdom for living. Our society pulls and pushes us in different directions, and in this turmoil we need a mental compass to guide us in the right way. We need wisdom for right living. This seven-day plan, based mainly on Proverbs, explores this subject as presented by Solomon.