Six ways to encounter God here
A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Proverbs 1:4, and Living Bread opens it right there.
Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.
The web of Scripture around it
Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 12 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.
- Proverbs 8:5
O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
- Proverbs 8:17
I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.
- Psalms 119:9
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
- Proverbs 9:4
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
- Proverbs 8:32
Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
- Psalms 119:130
The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple.
- Proverbs 8:12
I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
- Psalms 34:11
Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
- Titus 2:6
Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
- Psalms 19:7
The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
- Isaiah 35:8
And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: t…
- 2 Timothy 2:22
Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
More to meet God in Proverbs
How it points to Christ
Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.