Proverbs 25 continues to guide us on life’s journeys. We’re urged to be reliable and trustworthy, keeping people’s confidences (Prov 25:9-10), understanding the value of words: “the right word at the right time is like a custom-made piece of jewellery and a wise...

Proverbs 24 continues the thirty ‘wise sayings’ or ‘sterling principles’ started in Proverbs 22. The first section looks at not envying the wicked. As Paul says bluntly in 1 Corinthians 15:33 ‘bad company corrupts good character’. We need to be careful about the...

Proverbs is an essentially practical book, dealing not only with what we should do, but how to do it. Have you ever been told to do something and failed to do it, not because you didn’t want to, but because you had no idea how to? DIY instructions hold that kind of...