28yo, 5'7", 146#

Deadlift: 5x260#; Bench 3x155#; Squat 4x210#; Overhead Press 3x115#

The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,

and whatever you get, get insight.

-Proverbs 4:7

For the last few months, I've done something I first heard from Dave Ramsey: There are 31 chapters in Proverbs, and there are 31 days in a month (okay, a lot of months), so you can read a chapter a day, you can easily read through 12 times in the year.

The Bible is a Red Pill book. Having been on this RP journey for about six months, I find myself transitioning away from a lot of online TRP, MRP, and RPC material to more traditional devotional material and Scripture.

Day-after-day, the book of Proverbs has been a key bridge between the truth embedded in RP literature and what God has given in his Word. Here are just a couple of examples:

STFU

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts,

but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

-Proverbs 12:18

Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue

keeps himself out of trouble.

-Proverbs 21:23

The north wind brings forth rain,

and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.

-Proverbs 25:23

Obstaining or Measured Alcohol Use

It is not for kings, O Lemuel,

it is not for kings to drink wine,

or for rulers to take strong drink,

lest they drink and forget what has been decreed

and pervert the rights of all the afflicted.

Give strong drink to the one who is perishing,

and wine to those in bitter distress;

let them drink and forget their poverty

and remember their misery no more. (ESV)

-Proverbs 31:4-7

Stop Trying to Change Your Wife

A continual dripping on a rainy day

and a quarrelsome wife are alike;

to restrain her is to restrain the wind

or to grasp oil in one's right hand. (ESV)

-Proberbs 27:15-16

"Proverbs are like the hard candy of the Bible. You really have to suck on them a long time before they go down." -Tim Keller

Proverbs is dense. There's no way anyone could take it all in through one read-through. I find myself seeing the same verses in a completely new light every time I reread them.

Today, I read Proverbs 1 with my 3yo at breakfast. Tomorrow, I'll read Proverbs 2 between sets at the gym. If you've had a tough time developing a Bible-reading habit, this can be a great place to start.

Happy New Year!