Proverbs 10.
Wisdolm is set forth in the details of life in the six hundred or more proverbs which comprise nearly the whole of the remainder of this wonderful book. The first proverb is:
“A wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.” How true! The young men of Solomon’s day were evidently not much different from those of today, though customs change, and the world grows old.
“Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness delivereth from death” (verse 2). Many have proved the worthlessness of the pursuit of sin, too late to profit much by a changed course.
Everyone of these treasures of wisdom calls for our study, and for the needed application to one’s own life. We may notice prudence, righteousness, integrity, love, wise speech, laying up knowledge, the labor of the righteous, the desire of the righteous, the hope of the righteous and the way of the Lord, among the subjects of these proverbs; as well as their opposites, such as sleeping in harvest time, hatred, forsaking reproof, the want of understanding, the expectation of the wicked.
The proverbs are all practical, suited for the needs of everyday life. They tell of trust in God, of His interest in the righteous, of right and wrong conduct under all circumstances. From them, each of us may gather much wisdom for our so widely different circumstances in life.
Messages of God’s Love 5/29/1932