Bite-Sized Exegesis

Teaching the Church to Love Bible Study

Biblical Scholarship, Book and Product Reviews, Close Reading, Methodology, Old Testament, Proverbs, Studying the Bible

Studying the Bible: To Love It is To Know It

To really know someone or something one must first love that someone or something. This applies both to human relationships and to Bible study.

Bite-Sized Exegesis, Old Testament, Proverbs, Proverbs 10

Bite-Sized Exegesis – Proverbs 10:23

Foolish and wise people do different things for fun: the fool thinks doing mean and destructive things is a joke, while the wise person actively delights in gaining wisdom.

Bite-Sized Exegesis, Old Testament, Proverbs, Proverbs 10

Bite-Sized Exegesis: Proverbs 10:13

Wise people listen to the words of wise people and acquire wisdom thereby. Foolish people, on the other hand, are incapable of acquiring wisdom by any means other than the rod of correction.