Proverbs 1-3

“Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace” (3:17). Everyone, the proverbs tells us, is looking for a good life. Paths of sin are enticing because they seem to lead to “valuable things” (1:13), but in reality going our own way brings destruction (2:18,22). God invites us to listen to His wisdom so that we will understand what is “right and just and fair- every good path” (2:9). When we trust Him enough to obey, He makes our paths straight (3:5-6).

“She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her” (3:15). The deceptive, empty attractions of self-indulgence can’t compare to the beauty and peace of God’s path, the life of wisdom.