Proverbs 1:7 - 3:18
This exploration of Hebrew Wisdom Literature lists fewer and shorter biblical passages than we're used to reading with the Lectio program. In general, I recommend starting each week reading Dr. Steele's commentary - consider it a Bible class with selected readings as extra homework.
Because you probably have the bandwidth to read more than what is listed each week, feel free to explore more of the biblical text around the listed readings. Also, try reading them repeatedly during the week:
- Daily - Read these same passages over again each day and see what new things you discover with successive readings.
- Slowly - Follow a Lectio Divina approach and listen for God's word to you as you slowly read the passages over and over again.
- Memorize - Early each week, read the passages, then decide which verses you will read over and over again in order to commit them to memory.
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A Prudential Motive
In his questions for further reflections, Dr. Steele mentions cops-and-robbers shows with clear "good guys" and "bad guys" as examples of a morally ordered universe. This is a foundational assumption of the wisdom in Proverbs.
What are your favorite cops-and-robbers shows?
Old school? Dragnet. Adam-12. Starsky & Hutch. Chips. (the old) Hawaii Five-O.
New school? CSI. NCIS. 24. [what's with the brief titles?] (the new) Hawaii Five-O.
How do these shows reinforce the traditional good guy/bad guy scenario? How do they challenge it?
Do you agree that
"If you do bad, you will do badly?" and "If you do good, you will do well?"
Joining the Conversation
with Dr. Steele and other readers
Scroll to the bottom of each Lectio Commentary Page to find the "Discussion & Comments" area (see below). Reply with your own insights, observations, feelings, or questions.
