I’ve decided to undertake a blogging project! I’m going to go through the book of Proverbs, in the Bible, and take maybe 5 of them at a time, and write something about each one.

I love the book of Proverbs, it’s full of really simple sayings that are actually astoundingly wise. A while ago I tried to read 5 a day, but let the habit slide, so I reckon that if I have to output something, I’m gonna spend more time thinking about them to make the content good, so you guys are in for a treat!

The Bible isn’t meant to just be read, it’s also meant to be thought about, so I’m really excited at the insights I’m gonna get in the next few months. Don’t worry, I’ll be posting regular posts too! These posts will all be tagged with “Proverbs” to make them easy to find :)

To start, then, I guess I’ll give a really brief introduction to the book of Proverbs. The book is written mainly by Solomon, David’s son, but really they are the distillation of “the sayings of the wise”. I have a book of quotations that I got for Christmas (written by the QI team, no less) and I guess that Proverbs is a bit the same.

Solomon loved wisdom. We know from 1 Kings 3 that this is what he wanted over and above worldly wealth. The first 9 chapters are about how precious wisdom is, and I heartily recommend you read them thoroughly.

They basically talk about how wisdom is very precious, and it’s worth really seeking it out to find it. Hence this project! I have always loved Proverbs and I really want to connect with it and get as much out of it as I can. I hope that you benefit from this too. If you don’t know the Bible, I hope that you are surprised at how much sense it makes!