The essence of the Proverbs is they provide wisdom for life that can really help shape your thinking and your decision making. Proverbs is not just about acquiring knowledge as important as that is.

In the Bible, there are fourteen occurrences of the word "sluggard," all of them in Proverbs. This makes sense since the value of diligent work is one of the major themes of the book of Proverbs.

It is time, in this series on the books of the Bible, to take a quick look at Proverbs. I also did this back in early 2016, but the purpose then was simply to pluck some of the proverbs that had ...