https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/ en-us One passage of Proverbs a day, read aloud in about four minutes: the King James text, the Hebrew words opened up, what it actually means, three things to do before noon, and a one-line prayer. One passage of Proverbs a day, read aloud in about four minutes: the King James text, the Hebrew words opened up, what it actually means, three things to do before noon, and a one-line prayer. Jon DiPilato Jon DiPilato jondipilato@dipilatoautomations.com https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/assets/img/podcast-cover.jpg https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/ false episodic Scripture: King James Version (public domain). Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex with Strong's tags from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (CC BY 4.0). Blowing up at every little thing doesn't make you strong — it just means nobody's taught you discretion yet. “The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.” Proverbs 19:11. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/19/proverbs-19-11/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/19/proverbs-19-11/ 2026-10-19-proverbs-19-11 Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 240 false full Firing back before you've actually heard the whole thing isn't sharp — it's foolish, and everyone in the room can tell. “He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.” Proverbs 18:13. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/18/proverbs-18-13/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/18/proverbs-18-13/ 2026-10-18-proverbs-18-13 Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 220 false full A plain meal in a quiet house beats a loaded table where everybody's at each other's throats. “Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.” Proverbs 17:1. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/17/proverbs-17-1/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/17/proverbs-17-1/ 2026-10-17-proverbs-17-1 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 222 false full Your plan feels solid because it feels solid to you — that's not the same as it actually holding up. “The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD.” Proverbs 16:1. “All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits.” Proverbs 16:2. “Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established.” Proverbs 16:3. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/16/proverbs-16-1-3/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/16/proverbs-16-1-3/ 2026-10-16-proverbs-16-1-3 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 265 false full What you say in the first ten seconds decides if this turns into a fight or just a conversation. “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.” Proverbs 15:1. “The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.” Proverbs 15:2. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/15/proverbs-15-1-2/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/15/proverbs-15-1-2/ 2026-10-15-proverbs-15-1-2 Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 262 false full Every hour of real work leaves you something extra. Every hour spent just talking about it leaves you short. “In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.” Proverbs 14:23. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/14/proverbs-14-23/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/14/proverbs-14-23/ 2026-10-14-proverbs-14-23 Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 220 false full That fast, easy money that shows up out of nowhere has a way of disappearing just as fast. The boring pile you build one paycheck at a time doesn't. “Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.” Proverbs 13:11. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/13/proverbs-13-11/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/13/proverbs-13-11/ 2026-10-13-proverbs-13-11 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 216 false full Everybody's carrying something today. You can't fix most of it. But you can say one real thing that makes it lighter. “Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.” Proverbs 12:25. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/12/proverbs-12-25/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/12/proverbs-12-25/ 2026-10-12-proverbs-12-25 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 203 false full God doesn't just watch what you say about Him on Sunday. He watches your scale, your invoice, your time card — the small numbers nobody double-checks. “A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.” Proverbs 11:1. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/11/proverbs-11-1/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/11/proverbs-11-1/ 2026-10-11-proverbs-11-1 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 200 false full Everybody's got an opinion and a phone to blast it from. Solomon says the opposite is the wise move: shut your mouth more, and when you do talk, make it worth something. “In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.” Proverbs 10:19. “The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.” Proverbs 10:20. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/10/proverbs-10-19-20/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/10/proverbs-10-19-20/ 2026-10-10-proverbs-10-19-20 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 190 false full “Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,” Proverbs 9:16. “Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.” Proverbs 9:17. “But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.” Proverbs 9:18. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/09/proverbs-9-16-18/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/09/proverbs-9-16-18/ 2026-10-09-proverbs-9-16-18 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 205 false full Wisdom is talking like an employer making you an offer in this chapter. Show up for her, and she tells you flat out what's in the check — and it's bigger than what gold pays. “I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.” Proverbs 8:17. “Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness.” Proverbs 8:18. “My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.” Proverbs 8:19. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/08/proverbs-8-17-19/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/08/proverbs-8-17-19/ 2026-10-08-proverbs-8-17-19 Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 204 false full This is the back half of the warning in Proverbs 7: a young man gets talked into something he knew better than to do. Not by force. By smooth talk. These three verses are the moment the trap actually closes — and they tell you exactly what it sounds like right before it does. “With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.” Proverbs 7:21. “He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;” Proverbs 7:22. “Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.” Proverbs 7:23. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/07/proverbs-7-21-23/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/07/proverbs-7-21-23/ 2026-10-07-proverbs-7-21-23 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 231 false full This isn’t a vague mood God's in. It's a list. Seven specific things, and three of the seven are about what comes out of your mouth or what it does to the people around you. “These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:” Proverbs 6:16. “A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,” Proverbs 6:17. “An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,” Proverbs 6:18. “A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.” Proverbs 6:19. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/06/proverbs-6-16-19/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/06/proverbs-6-16-19/ 2026-10-06-proverbs-6-16-19 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 216 false full Not every warning sign looks like a warning sign. Some of them taste like honey going in. “For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil:” Proverbs 5:3. “But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a twoedged sword.” Proverbs 5:4. “Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.” Proverbs 5:5. “Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.” Proverbs 5:6. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/05/proverbs-5-3-6/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/05/proverbs-5-3-6/ 2026-10-05-proverbs-5-3-6 Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 217 false full “Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.” Proverbs 4:14. “Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.” Proverbs 4:15. “For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.” Proverbs 4:16. “For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.” Proverbs 4:17. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/04/proverbs-4-14-17/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/04/proverbs-4-14-17/ 2026-10-04-proverbs-4-14-17 Sun, 04 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 218 false full “Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.” Proverbs 3:27. “Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee.” Proverbs 3:28. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/03/proverbs-3-27-28/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/03/proverbs-3-27-28/ 2026-10-03-proverbs-3-27-28 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 170 false full “To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;” Proverbs 2:16. “Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.” Proverbs 2:17. “For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.” Proverbs 2:18. “None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.” Proverbs 2:19. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/02/proverbs-2-16-19/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/02/proverbs-2-16-19/ 2026-10-02-proverbs-2-16-19 Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 207 false full “Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.” Proverbs 1:17. “And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.” Proverbs 1:18. “So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.” Proverbs 1:19. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/01/proverbs-1-17-19/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/10/01/proverbs-1-17-19/ 2026-10-01-proverbs-1-17-19 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400 172 false full Agur asks God for one plain thing before he dies: not rich, not poor — just fed. He's honest that both extremes have a hook in them that can pull a man clean away from God. “Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:” Proverbs 30:7. “Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:” Proverbs 30:8. “Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.” Proverbs 30:9. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/30/proverbs-30-7-9/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/30/proverbs-30-7-9/ 2026-09-30-proverbs-30-7-9 Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 197 false full “An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.” Proverbs 29:22. “A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.” Proverbs 29:23. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/29/proverbs-29-22-23/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/29/proverbs-29-22-23/ 2026-09-29-proverbs-29-22-23 Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 247 false full “He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.” Proverbs 28:19. “A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.” Proverbs 28:20. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/28/proverbs-28-19-20/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/28/proverbs-28-19-20/ 2026-09-28-proverbs-28-19-20 Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 194 false full Two verses, same warning: quit running your mouth about things you don't control — tomorrow's outcome, or your own worth. Let the day prove itself. Let other people say what's true about you. “Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” Proverbs 27:1. “Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.” Proverbs 27:2. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/27/proverbs-27-1-2/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/27/proverbs-27-1-2/ 2026-09-27-proverbs-27-1-2 Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 196 false full Four verses in a row about one guy: the sluggard. He's not evil, he's not stupid — he's just never getting off the bed, and he's got a reason ready every single time. “The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.” Proverbs 26:13. “As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.” Proverbs 26:14. “The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.” Proverbs 26:15. “The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.” Proverbs 26:16. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/26/proverbs-26-13-16/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/26/proverbs-26-13-16/ 2026-09-26-proverbs-26-13-16 Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 217 false full “If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:” Proverbs 25:21. “For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.” Proverbs 25:22. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/25/proverbs-25-21-22/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/25/proverbs-25-21-22/ 2026-09-25-proverbs-25-21-22 Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 207 false full “Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:” Proverbs 24:3. “And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.” Proverbs 24:4. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/24/proverbs-24-3-4/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/24/proverbs-24-3-4/ 2026-09-24-proverbs-24-3-4 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 187 false full “Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.” Proverbs 23:4. “Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.” Proverbs 23:5. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/23/proverbs-23-4-5/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/23/proverbs-23-4-5/ 2026-09-23-proverbs-23-4-5 Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 176 false full A good man will help you. A wise man knows the difference between helping you and taking on your debt as his own. This is Solomon telling you where that line is. “Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.” Proverbs 22:26. “If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?” Proverbs 22:27. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/22/proverbs-22-26-27/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/22/proverbs-22-26-27/ 2026-09-22-proverbs-22-26-27 Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 205 false full “The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.” Proverbs 21:5. “The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.” Proverbs 21:6. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/21/proverbs-21-5-6/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/21/proverbs-21-5-6/ 2026-09-21-proverbs-21-5-6 Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 197 false full “The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.” Proverbs 20:2. “It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.” Proverbs 20:3. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/20/proverbs-20-2-3/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/20/proverbs-20-2-3/ 2026-09-20-proverbs-20-2-3 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 192 false full “Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.” Proverbs 19:20. “There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.” Proverbs 19:21. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/19/proverbs-19-20-21/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/19/proverbs-19-20-21/ 2026-09-19-proverbs-19-20-21 Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 194 false full Everybody runs somewhere when the fear hits — a bad diagnosis, a bounced payment, a call from a client you know isn't good news. These two verses put two "strong" places side by side and ask which one you actually run to. “The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.” Proverbs 18:10. “The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit.” Proverbs 18:11. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/18/proverbs-18-10-11/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/18/proverbs-18-10-11/ 2026-09-18-proverbs-18-10-11 Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 239 false full “He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.” Proverbs 17:9. “A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.” Proverbs 17:10. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/17/proverbs-17-9-10/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/17/proverbs-17-9-10/ 2026-09-17-proverbs-17-9-10 Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 190 false full “Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.” Proverbs 16:18. “Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.” Proverbs 16:19. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/16/proverbs-16-18-19/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/16/proverbs-16-18-19/ 2026-09-16-proverbs-16-18-19 Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 166 false full “Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.” Proverbs 15:22. “A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!” Proverbs 15:23. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/15/proverbs-15-22-23/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/15/proverbs-15-22-23/ 2026-09-15-proverbs-15-22-23 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 190 false full Two verses, one gut check: how fast you blow up, and what you let eat at you when someone else gets ahead. Solomon ties both straight to your body. “He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.” Proverbs 14:29. “A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.” Proverbs 14:30. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/14/proverbs-14-29-30/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/14/proverbs-14-29-30/ 2026-09-14-proverbs-14-29-30 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 210 false full “He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.” Proverbs 13:20. “Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.” Proverbs 13:21. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/13/proverbs-13-20-21/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/13/proverbs-13-20-21/ 2026-09-13-proverbs-13-20-21 Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 189 false full “There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.” Proverbs 12:18. “The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.” Proverbs 12:19. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/12/proverbs-12-18-19/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/12/proverbs-12-18-19/ 2026-09-12-proverbs-12-18-19 Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 169 false full Everybody thinks holding money tighter makes you richer. Solomon says the opposite three times in a row: the guy who opens his hand ends up fat, and the guy who grips it ends up poor and cursed. “There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.” Proverbs 11:24. “The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.” Proverbs 11:25. “He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.” Proverbs 11:26. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/11/proverbs-11-24-26/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/11/proverbs-11-24-26/ 2026-09-11-proverbs-11-24-26 Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 201 false full “He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.” Proverbs 10:4. “He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.” Proverbs 10:5. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/10/proverbs-10-4-5/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/10/proverbs-10-4-5/ 2026-09-10-proverbs-10-4-5 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 183 false full Same words, two totally different results. Say the exact same true thing to two different guys and one hates you for it, the other one thanks you. The verse isn't telling you to stop correcting people. It's telling you to look at who you're talking to first. “He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.” Proverbs 9:7. “Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.” Proverbs 9:8. “Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.” Proverbs 9:9. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/09/proverbs-9-7-9/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/09/proverbs-9-7-9/ 2026-09-09-proverbs-9-7-9 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 203 false full Wisdom is standing at the city gate today, yelling over the noise, telling you flat out which one to pick when a raise and a hard truth show up on the same day. “Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold.” Proverbs 8:10. “For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.” Proverbs 8:11. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/08/proverbs-8-10-11/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/08/proverbs-8-10-11/ 2026-09-08-proverbs-8-10-11 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 197 false full Nobody wakes up and decides to blow up their life in one move. It starts small — a look, a click, a "just talking." Solomon says the wreck happens at the turn, not at the bottom of the hill. Catch it there and there's nothing left to catch later. “Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths.” Proverbs 7:25. “For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.” Proverbs 7:26. “Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.” Proverbs 7:27. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/07/proverbs-7-25-27/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/07/proverbs-7-25-27/ 2026-09-07-proverbs-7-25-27 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 225 false full No boss standing over you, no manager checking the clock, no one cracking the whip — and the ant still gets the work done before it's needed. If a bug can do that without supervision, so can you. “Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:” Proverbs 6:6. “Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,” Proverbs 6:7. “Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.” Proverbs 6:8. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/06/proverbs-6-6-8/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/06/proverbs-6-6-8/ 2026-09-06-proverbs-6-6-8 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 188 false full Solomon isn't telling you to feel guilty. He's telling you where to point your thirst. A man who is drinking deep at home doesn't go looking for water somewhere else. “Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well.” Proverbs 5:15. “Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets.” Proverbs 5:16. “Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee.” Proverbs 5:17. “Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.” Proverbs 5:18. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/05/proverbs-5-15-18/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/05/proverbs-5-15-18/ 2026-09-05-proverbs-5-15-18 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 212 false full Solomon zooms in from the whole-life pep talk to four body parts: your heart, your mouth, your eyes, your feet. Guard the source, and the rest falls in line. “Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.” Proverbs 4:23. “Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.” Proverbs 4:24. “Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee.” Proverbs 4:25. “Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established.” Proverbs 4:26. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/04/proverbs-4-23-26/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/04/proverbs-4-23-26/ 2026-09-04-proverbs-4-23-26 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 201 false full Money tests where God really sits in a man's life. Not what he says on Sunday — what he does with the first dollar that hits his account on Monday. “Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:” Proverbs 3:9. “So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.” Proverbs 3:10. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/03/proverbs-3-9-10/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/03/proverbs-3-9-10/ 2026-09-03-proverbs-3-9-10 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 190 false full Wisdom doesn't fall in your lap. Solomon lines up four verbs — receive, incline, cry after, seek — and every one of them is something YOU do. This is the "put in the work" verse for your brain and your walk with God. “My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;” Proverbs 2:1. “So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;” Proverbs 2:2. “Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;” Proverbs 2:3. “If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;” Proverbs 2:4. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/02/proverbs-2-1-4/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/02/proverbs-2-1-4/ 2026-09-02-proverbs-2-1-4 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 216 false full Right after Proverbs tells you the fear of the LORD is where wisdom starts, it gets specific fast: the very first test wisdom has to pass is a crowd of guys inviting you into something crooked for a quick payout. This is that test. “My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.” Proverbs 1:10. “If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:” Proverbs 1:11. “Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:” Proverbs 1:12. “We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:” Proverbs 1:13. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/01/proverbs-1-10-13/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/09/01/proverbs-1-10-13/ 2026-09-01-proverbs-1-10-13 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 227 false full The woman in this poem doesn't buy on a whim, doesn't work half-hearted, and doesn't call a thing good until she's actually checked. Three verses, three moves: think it through, put your back into it, then look at the real result. “She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.” Proverbs 31:16. “She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms.” Proverbs 31:17. “She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.” Proverbs 31:18. Read the full study: https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/08/31/proverbs-31-16-18/ https://jondipilato.github.io/proverbs-study/2026/08/31/proverbs-31-16-18/ 2026-08-31-proverbs-31-16-18 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 226 false full