ESV: Daily Wisdom from Proverbs
366 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsJust a Few Verses Per Day
The book of Proverbs is a unique and treasured part of the Bible, rich with timeless wisdom. It is meant to be read slowly and meditatively, yet most reading plans require whole chapters of reading at a time.
This reading plan leads you to open up space and time to absorb the truths of Scripture at a slower pace. Read through the book of Proverbs in a year—a few verses per day—with this 365-day plan.
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December 31: Proverbs 31:30–31
December 31, 2023 10:00 - 11 seconds - 168 KBProverbs 31:30–31 Proverbs 31:30–31 (Listen) 30 Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised. 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates. (ESV)
December 30: Proverbs 31:28–29
December 30, 2023 10:00 - 11 seconds - 179 KBProverbs 31:28–29 Proverbs 31:28–29 (Listen) 28 Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: 29 “Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all.” (ESV)
December 29: Proverbs 31:26–27
December 29, 2023 10:00 - 10 seconds - 160 KBProverbs 31:26–27 Proverbs 31:26–27 (Listen) 26 She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. 27 She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. (ESV)
December 28: Proverbs 31:24–25
December 28, 2023 10:00 - 10 seconds - 162 KBProverbs 31:24–25 Proverbs 31:24–25 (Listen) 24 She makes linen garments and sells them; she delivers sashes to the merchant. 25 Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come. (ESV)
December 27: Proverbs 31:22–23
December 27, 2023 10:00 - 11 seconds - 176 KBProverbs 31:22–23 Proverbs 31:22–23 (Listen) 22 She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple. 23 Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land. (ESV)
December 26: Proverbs 31:20–21
December 26, 2023 10:00 - 11 seconds - 166 KBProverbs 31:20–21 Proverbs 31:20–21 (Listen) 20 She opens her hand to the poor and reaches out her hands to the needy. 21 She is not afraid of snow for her household, for all her household are clothed in scarlet.1 Footnotes [1] 31:21 Or in double thickness (ESV)
December 25: Proverbs 31:18–19
December 25, 2023 10:00 - 10 seconds - 163 KBProverbs 31:18–19 Proverbs 31:18–19 (Listen) 18 She perceives that her merchandise is profitable. Her lamp does not go out at night. 19 She puts her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle. (ESV)
December 24: Proverbs 31:16–17
December 24, 2023 10:00 - 10 seconds - 154 KBProverbs 31:16–17 Proverbs 31:16–17 (Listen) 16 She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. 17 She dresses herself1 with strength and makes her arms strong. Footnotes [1] 31:17 Hebrew She girds her loins (ESV)
December 23: Proverbs 31:14–15
December 23, 2023 10:00 - 11 seconds - 172 KBProverbs 31:14–15 Proverbs 31:14–15 (Listen) 14 She is like the ships of the merchant; she brings her food from afar. 15 She rises while it is yet night and provides food for her household and portions for her maidens. (ESV)
December 22: Proverbs 31:12–13
December 22, 2023 10:00 - 7 seconds - 118 KBProverbs 31:12–13 Proverbs 31:12–13 (Listen) 12 She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. 13 She seeks wool and flax, and works with willing hands. (ESV)
December 21: Proverbs 31:10–11
December 21, 2023 10:00 - 10 seconds - 156 KBProverbs 31:10–11 Proverbs 31:10–11 (Listen) The Woman Who Fears the Lord 10 1 An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. 11 The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. Footnotes [1] 31:10 Verses 10–31 are an acrostic poem, each verse beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet (ESV)
December 20: Proverbs 31:8–9
December 20, 2023 10:00 - 11 seconds - 173 KBProverbs 31:8–9 Proverbs 31:8–9 (Listen) 8 Open your mouth for the mute, for the rights of all who are destitute.1 9 Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. Footnotes [1] 31:8 Hebrew are sons of passing away (ESV)
December 19: Proverbs 31:6–7
December 19, 2023 10:00 - 10 seconds - 164 KBProverbs 31:6–7 Proverbs 31:6–7 (Listen) 6 Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those in bitter distress;1 7 let them drink and forget their poverty and remember their misery no more. Footnotes [1] 31:6 Hebrew those bitter in soul (ESV)
December 18: Proverbs 31:3–5
December 18, 2023 10:00 - 16 seconds - 258 KBProverbs 31:3–5 Proverbs 31:3–5 (Listen) 3 Do not give your strength to women, your ways to those who destroy kings. 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to take strong drink, 5 lest they drink and forget what has been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. (ESV)
December 17: Proverbs 31:1–2
December 17, 2023 10:00 - 14 seconds - 222 KBProverbs 31:1–2 Proverbs 31:1–2 (Listen) The Words of King Lemuel 31 The words of King Lemuel. An oracle that his mother taught him: 2 What are you doing, my son?1 What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Footnotes [1] 31:2 Hebrew What, my son? (ESV)
December 16: Proverbs 30:32–33
December 16, 2023 10:00 - 14 seconds - 221 KBProverbs 30:32–33 Proverbs 30:32–33 (Listen) 32 If you have been foolish, exalting yourself, or if you have been devising evil, put your hand on your mouth. 33 For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife. (ESV)
December 15: Proverbs 30:29–31
December 15, 2023 10:00 - 16 seconds - 249 KBProverbs 30:29–31 Proverbs 30:29–31 (Listen) 29 Three things are stately in their tread; four are stately in their stride: 30 the lion, which is mightiest among beasts and does not turn back before any; 31 the strutting rooster,1 the he-goat, and a king whose army is with him.2 Footnotes [1] 30:31 Or the magpie, or the greyhound; Hebrew girt-of-loins [2] 30:31 Or against whom there is no rising up (ESV)
December 14: Proverbs 30:24–28
December 14, 2023 10:00 - 25 seconds - 388 KBProverbs 30:24–28 Proverbs 30:24–28 (Listen) 24 Four things on earth are small, but they are exceedingly wise: 25 the ants are a people not strong, yet they provide their food in the summer; 26 the rock badgers are a people not mighty, yet they make their homes in the cliffs; 27 the locusts have no king, yet all of them march in rank; 28 the lizard you can take in your hands, yet it is in kings’ palaces. (ESV)
November 6: Proverbs 28:5–6
November 06, 2023 10:00 - 14 seconds - 55.3 KBProverbs 28:5–6 Proverbs 28:5–6 (Listen) 5 Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely. 6 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is crooked in his ways. (ESV)
November 5: Proverbs 28:3–4
November 05, 2023 10:00 - 13 seconds - 50.4 KBProverbs 28:3–4 Proverbs 28:3–4 (Listen) 3 A poor man who oppresses the poor is a beating rain that leaves no food. 4 Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them. (ESV)
November 4: Proverbs 28:1–2
November 04, 2023 10:00 - 15 seconds - 58.6 KBProverbs 28:1–2 Proverbs 28:1–2 (Listen) 28 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. 2 When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but with a man of understanding and knowledge, its stability will long continue. (ESV)
November 3: Proverbs 27:25–27
November 03, 2023 10:00 - 16 seconds - 63.1 KBProverbs 27:25–27 Proverbs 27:25–27 (Listen) 25 When the grass is gone and the new growth appears and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered, 26 the lambs will provide your clothing, and the goats the price of a field. 27 There will be enough goats’ milk for your food, for the food of your household and maintenance for your girls. (ESV)
November 2: Proverbs 27:23–24
November 02, 2023 10:00 - 10 seconds - 40 KBProverbs 27:23–24 Proverbs 27:23–24 (Listen) 23 Know well the condition of your flocks, and give attention to your herds, 24 for riches do not last forever; and does a crown endure to all generations? (ESV)
November 1: Proverbs 27:21–22
November 01, 2023 10:00 - 16 seconds - 63.3 KBProverbs 27:21–22 Proverbs 27:21–22 (Listen) 21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and a man is tested by his praise. 22 Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him. (ESV)
October 31: Proverbs 27:19–20
October 31, 2023 10:00 - 13 seconds - 52.1 KBProverbs 27:19–20 Proverbs 27:19–20 (Listen) 19 As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. 20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and never satisfied are the eyes of man. (ESV)
October 30: Proverbs 27:17–18
October 30, 2023 10:00 - 12 seconds - 46.7 KBProverbs 27:17–18 Proverbs 27:17–18 (Listen) 17 Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.1 18 Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and he who guards his master will be honored. Footnotes [1] 27:17 Hebrew sharpens the face of another (ESV)
October 29: Proverbs 27:15–16
October 29, 2023 10:00 - 11 seconds - 44.5 KBProverbs 27:15–16 Proverbs 27:15–16 (Listen) 15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a quarrelsome wife are alike; 16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp1 oil in one’s right hand. Footnotes [1] 27:16 Hebrew to meet with (ESV)
October 28: Proverbs 27:14
October 28, 2023 10:00 - 9 seconds - 34.7 KBProverbs 27:14 Proverbs 27:14 (Listen) 14 Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing. (ESV)
October 27: Proverbs 27:13
October 27, 2023 10:00 - 9 seconds - 35.1 KBProverbs 27:13 Proverbs 27:13 (Listen) 13 Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.1 Footnotes [1] 27:13 Hebrew a foreign woman; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20:16) foreigners (ESV)
October 26: Proverbs 27:11–12
October 26, 2023 10:00 - 13 seconds - 53.3 KBProverbs 27:11–12 Proverbs 27:11–12 (Listen) 11 Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me. 12 The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it. (ESV)
October 25: Proverbs 27:10
October 25, 2023 10:00 - 11 seconds - 42.6 KBProverbs 27:10 Proverbs 27:10 (Listen) 10 Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend, and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother who is far away. (ESV)
October 24: Proverbs 27:8–9
October 24, 2023 10:00 - 12 seconds - 48.5 KBProverbs 27:8–9 Proverbs 27:8–9 (Listen) 8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who strays from his home. 9 Oil and perfume make the heart glad, and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.1 Footnotes [1] 27:9 Or and so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel (ESV)
October 23: Proverbs 27:7
October 23, 2023 10:00 - 7 seconds - 28.9 KBProverbs 27:7 Proverbs 27:7 (Listen) 7 One who is full loathes honey, but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet. (ESV)
October 22: Proverbs 27:5–6
October 22, 2023 10:00 - 10 seconds - 41.6 KBProverbs 27:5–6 Proverbs 27:5–6 (Listen) 5 Better is open rebuke than hidden love. 6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; profuse are the kisses of an enemy. (ESV)
October 21: Proverbs 27:3–4
October 21, 2023 10:00 - 14 seconds - 55.7 KBProverbs 27:3–4 Proverbs 27:3–4 (Listen) 3 A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both. 4 Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? (ESV)
October 20: Proverbs 27:1–2
October 20, 2023 10:00 - 11 seconds - 43.8 KBProverbs 27:1–2 Proverbs 27:1–2 (Listen) 27 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. (ESV)
October 19: Proverbs 26:27–28
October 19, 2023 10:00 - 11 seconds - 45.4 KBProverbs 26:27–28 Proverbs 26:27–28 (Listen) 27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling. 28 A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin. (ESV)
October 18: Proverbs 26:24–26
October 18, 2023 10:00 - 17 seconds - 67.1 KBProverbs 26:24–26 Proverbs 26:24–26 (Listen) 24 Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart; 25 when he speaks graciously, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart; 26 though his hatred be covered with deception, his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly. (ESV)
October 17: Proverbs 26:22–23
October 17, 2023 10:00 - 12 seconds - 48.8 KBProverbs 26:22–23 Proverbs 26:22–23 (Listen) 22 The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels; they go down into the inner parts of the body. 23 Like the glaze1 covering an earthen vessel are fervent lips with an evil heart. Footnotes [1] 26:23 By revocalization; Hebrew silver of dross (ESV)
October 16: Proverbs 26:20–21
October 16, 2023 10:00 - 14 seconds - 56.5 KBProverbs 26:20–21 Proverbs 26:20–21 (Listen) 20 For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases. 21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. (ESV)
October 15: Proverbs 26:18–19
October 15, 2023 10:00 - 9 seconds - 35 KBProverbs 26:18–19 Proverbs 26:18–19 (Listen) 18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death 19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!” (ESV)
October 14: Proverbs 26:16–17
October 14, 2023 10:00 - 12 seconds - 47.4 KBProverbs 26:16–17 Proverbs 26:16–17 (Listen) 16 The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly. 17 Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears. (ESV)
October 13: Proverbs 26:14–15
October 13, 2023 10:00 - 11 seconds - 43.7 KBProverbs 26:14–15 Proverbs 26:14–15 (Listen) 14 As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed. 15 The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth. (ESV)
October 12: Proverbs 26:12–13
October 12, 2023 10:00 - 13 seconds - 52.1 KBProverbs 26:12–13 Proverbs 26:12–13 (Listen) 12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. 13 The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!” (ESV)
October 11: Proverbs 26:10–11
October 11, 2023 10:00 - 12 seconds - 46.4 KBProverbs 26:10–11 Proverbs 26:10–11 (Listen) 10 Like an archer who wounds everyone is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.1 11 Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly. Footnotes [1] 26:10 Or hires a fool or passersby (ESV)
October 10: Proverbs 26:8–9
October 10, 2023 10:00 - 11 seconds - 44.6 KBProverbs 26:8–9 Proverbs 26:8–9 (Listen) 8 Like one who binds the stone in the sling is one who gives honor to a fool. 9 Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools. (ESV)
October 9: Proverbs 26:6–7
October 09, 2023 10:00 - 13 seconds - 52.4 KBProverbs 26:6–7 Proverbs 26:6–7 (Listen) 6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. 7 Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools. (ESV)
October 8: Proverbs 26:4–5
October 08, 2023 10:00 - 10 seconds - 41.7 KBProverbs 26:4–5 Proverbs 26:4–5 (Listen) 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. (ESV)
October 7: Proverbs 26:1–3
October 07, 2023 10:00 - 21 seconds - 83.8 KBProverbs 26:1–3 Proverbs 26:1–3 (Listen) 26 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. 2 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, a curse that is causeless does not alight. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. (ESV)