Book of Proverbs
31 chapters, 915 verses, in the World English Bible.
Chapters
Reflections on Proverbs
Kid Rock showed up when Eminem was nobody, and Eminem remembered
Eminem backed Harris. Kid Rock just dined with Trump. Some fans balked when the two recorded together, and that pushback may show what this friendship is for.
Green Bay clapped for Mike Ditka, who beat them fifteen times
Lambeau went quiet for the Bears coach who beat the Packers 15 times, then applauded. Off the field, Ditka and a Packers great looked after broken players together.
He spent 30 years catching ghosts in the South Pole ice
Francis Halzen bet his career on catching ghost particles in Antarctic ice, though almost nobody, himself included, expected it to work. A proverb calls that search a king's glory.
Hands folded as if in prayer. Who was listening for a no?
An 83-year-old woman lay silent, eyes shut, as her assisted death began, her family says. Police are investigating, and a mother's advice to a king asks who spoke for her.
A Pardon Invoked the Day of Atonement and Cut the Confession
The holiest day on the calendar turns on naming the wrong out loud. The clemency granted on its eve named nothing.
Four hundred thousand children and the difference between proof and a proverb
A twenty-year study says public pre-K left a lasting mark on 400,000 children. The headlines said it proves pre-K works. Scripture has a genre for what usually holds.
Kabul celebrated five years while its women were shut out
Five years after the Taliban retook Kabul, the anniversary ceremony had no women in it. Outside, they described their erased lives to foreign reporters in whispers.
Towns Are Felling the Automated Cameras That Watch Every Street
A left-right revolt is sawing down Flock's license-plate cameras across the country. The question underneath the anger is who keeps the footage, and why.
An Ely outfitter refunds $60,000 as fire closes his season
Wildfire shut the entire Boundary Waters at peak season. One Ely outfitter, spending his own savings to stay open, is giving back sixty thousand dollars he could keep.
A Four-Year-Old Waved Until a Neighbor Finally Crossed the Road
A lonely preschooler waved until a dozen adults crossed the street. Scripture's claim is stranger: the neighbor who is near outranks the brother far away.
The Surprising Spiritual Truth About Aging: When Science Confirms Scripture
We’re taught to see aging as a slow decline—a long subtraction of strength, memory, and possibility. But both modern research and ancient Scripture tell a different story.
Ohio paused its data-center giveaways after the farmers showed up
Iowa farmers and Sierra Club lawyers filed in the same docket. Ohio listened. Proverbs has a one-line warning about moving an old stone.