Today we will finish the Song of Solomon. We left off yesterday with the consummation of the marriage between Solomon and his bride (see 4:16). Chapter […]

Today we begin the Song of Solomon. There are those who believe this poem was written by Solomon near the end of his life. Others believe […]

Today we conclude the book of Ecclesiastes. Chapter 9 beings with a longer exposition of the “why bother” question. Note that Solomon starts, though, speaking about […]

Our reading today begins in Ecclesiastes 5 where Solomon again adds some wisdom sayings to his book. Solomon takes much of what we saw in Proverbs […]

Having read of the death of Solomon, we will again break from the narrative of Kings to consider Solomon’s other writings, beginning with Ecclesiastes. This book […]

Today we return to the narrative of 1 Kings. If you’ll remember, when we considered chapter 9, we ended with this: “While he had fame and […]

Today we complete the book of Proverbs. We begin with the final proverbs of Solomon. 28:1 tells us that man is bold when righteous, but always […]

Our reading today begins with a heading telling us “these also are Proverbs of Solomon” that were copied under King Hezekiah. This would strengthen the argument […]

Our reading today begins in Proverbs 22. The first half of the chapter are more wisdom one-liners. 22:1 tells us that our reputation is worth more […]

Our reading today begins with another reminder that wisdom is of more value than earthly riches (19:1). Verse 2 literally says “a person” or “a soul” […]

We begin today in my favorite chapter of Proverbs. It is the most theological chapter of the book. Though most of it is a collection of […]

We continue today reading Solomon’s wise sayings for wise practical living. He begins in 13:1 with a familiar assertion: the wise listen to correction, the fool […]