We Implore You

Do Not Consent!

Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck....

Wise Hear and Increase in Learning

The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing,...

Injures Himself

“And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways. Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. Blessed is...

At the Beginning

“The LORD possessed me [wisdom] at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old. Ages ago I was set up, at the...

Fruit Better Than Fine Gold

“I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way...

O Fools, Learn Sense

Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; beside the gates...

Laid Up Treasure

Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and...