Today Peter Bolton started the summer series through the Book of Proverbs with an introductory overview, framing it not as a rulebook but as a treasury of wisdom principles for godly living. He surveys the book’s structure and authorship while repeatedly anchoring the whole book in a single theme: the fear of the Lord is where wisdom begins. Along the way, listeners are warned against misreading proverbs as ironclad promises, introduced to the five topic categories the series will cover, and challenged to read the entire book within two weeks as preparation for the rest of the series.

Bible verses:

• Proverbs 1:1-8
• Proverbs 2:5-6
• Proverbs 3:9-10
• Proverbs 4:23
• Proverbs 9:1-5,10,13-18
• Proverbs 10:1,19
• Proverbs 12:10
• Proverbs 15:33
• Proverbs 19:11
• Proverbs 20:7,10,23
• Proverbs 22:6
• Proverbs 23:23
• Proverbs 24:3-4
• Proverbs 25:1,20
• Proverbs 26:17
• Proverbs 30:1-9,18-19
• Proverbs 31:1,30
• 1 Kings 4:29-34
• Psalms 88 & 89
• 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24