05/21/2026
Who wants wisdom? Read the Proverbs! Wednesday lesson
🌟 Wisdom & Humility
Proverbs 1:5, "Let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance."
Proverbs 1:7, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.”
Proverbs 4:5, "Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or swerve from them."
Proverbs 8:13-14, "To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech. Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have understanding and power.”
Proverbs 3:5-6: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight."
Proverbs 16:18: "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall". [1]
Proverbs 11:22: "Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.”
Proverbs 26:11: "Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly."
🗣️ The Power of Words
Proverbs 15:1: "A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
Proverbs 12:18: "There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.”
Proverbs 18:21: "The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit." [1, 2]
🤝 Relationships
Proverbs 27:17: "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another." [1, 2]
Proverbs 17:17: "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity."
Proverbs 18:24: "A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother."
Proverbs 27:6: "Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy."
💰 Money and Wealth
Proverbs 10:4: "Lazy hands make for poverty, but diligent hands bring wealth".
Proverbs 22:7: "The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is slave to the lender." [1, 2, 3]
Proverbs 13:11: "Dishonest money dwindles away, but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow."
Proverbs 21:5: "The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty."
Proverbs 22:1: "A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold."
Proverbs 23:4-5: "Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle."
Proverbs 28:20: "A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished."
🤝 Conflict Resolution & Relationships
Proverbs 10:12: "Hatred stirs up conflict, but love covers over all wrongs."
Proverbs 16:32: "Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city."
Proverbs 17:9: "Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends."
Proverbs 19:11: "A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense."
Proverbs 26:20: "Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.”
Proverbs 26:17: "Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears."
👑 Leadership & Integrity
Proverbs 11:3: "The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity."
Proverbs 16:12: "Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established through righteousness."
Proverbs 20:28: "Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure."
Proverbs 28:16: "A tyrannical ruler practices extortion, but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign."
Proverbs 29:2: "When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan."
💃 S*x and sexual sin
Proverbs 5:3–4: "For the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey, and her speech is smoother than oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword."
Proverbs 6:25: "Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes."
Proverbs 5:15: "Drink water from your own cistern, flowing water from your own well."
Proverbs 5:18: "Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth."
