Recently in a question-and-answer session at NorthStone Baptist Church, I was asked what my favorite food is. My wife, Britan, and the keynote speaker of our Outreach Conference, Dr. John Goetsch, were asked the same question. The question could have been asked this way: What food do you delight in? What food do you welcome the sight of, and what taste makes you glad? We can answer this question not only about people, but about attributes of God, like wisdom.

Here’s a Proverbs fact for you: Chapter 16 uses the word LORD more than any other chapter of the book, except for one—the previous chapter. In Proverbs 16, the LORD is mentioned 10 times in 33 verses. This tells us something. While the work and wisdom of the Lord is obviously clear throughout the entire book, these two chapters together signal to us that we should pause to consider our highest Authority with extra care and attention.

Proverbs uses another word like this: conceit. The idea behind “conceit” is “eyes.” It describes how you see yourself. Today, we usually use “conceit” to refer to a sinful, self-aggrandizing way of seeing ourselves

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Modern people often stumble at the LORD’s hatred. They think that since He is love, He cannot hate.

This idea of building lives that are pleasing to God is the theme of Proverbs 24.

If you have read through Proverbs even once, you have probably noticed there is some structure to the book of Proverbs.

The husband-wife relationship is not the only relationship the Lord intended for man. While spouses should be friends, the Bible ex

Scripture reveals to us the character of God. We can learn the rules that He has built into the world by observing the way the world works.

The lesson from 3 John is that when a spiritual authority finds that those under his care love what God loves, it brings him joy. This exact

In order to accept wisdom's invitation, guests must “forsake the foolish" and "go in the way of understanding.” If the simple and ignorant a

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