Today, I am reading and commenting on  Proverbs 1-4.

The purpose of the Book of Proverbs is to help us gain wisdom and understanding.  It gives instruction on prudent behavior and how to do what is good and right.  Here in the introduction it tells us that these writings give prudence to the simple.  Then a little later it tells us that fools despise wisdom and instruction.  Both the word “simple” and the word “fool” have translator notes which tell us something important about them.  The translator note for “simple” says that the word translated there means someone who is gullible.  That is not that significant, since that is how we understand the word.  But, the note also says that it denotes someone who is without moral direction and inclined to evil.  Then the note for “fool” tells us that the word so translated implies someone who is morally deficient.  In our society today, we have a tendency to give the word simple, and to a lesser degree the word fool, the opposite connotation.  Our society thinks that someone who has clear moral direction and is inclined to do good is “simple” and that those who have moral principles are fools.  Once we understand that our society gets the meanings of those words exactly backwards we are on our way to true wisdom.  Doing so starts us well on the way to realizing the truth of the statement that fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.  There is much more in this passage, but I am going to leave you with this quote from the passage:
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.