Proverbs is a big stack of short, punchy advice about how to live: mostly sound in theory, occasionally contradictory in practice, and every so often startlingly blunt about women, money, or fools. We worked through all 31 chapters, line by line in places, because that’s really the only way to do this book justice.
21 episodes • Chapters 1–31 (complete) • Recorded 2023
Every Episode, In Order
- Proverbs Chapters 1–3
- Proverbs Chapters 4–6
- Proverbs Chapters 7–9
- Proverbs Chapters 10–12
- Proverbs Chapters 13–14
- Proverbs Chapter 15
- Proverbs Chapter 16
- Proverbs Chapter 17
- Proverbs Chapter 18
- Proverbs Chapter 19
- Proverbs Chapter 20
- Proverbs Chapters 21–22
- Proverbs Chapters 22–23
- Proverbs Chapter 24
- Proverbs Chapter 25
- Proverbs Chapter 26
- Proverbs Chapter 27
- Proverbs Chapter 28
- Proverbs Chapter 29
- Proverbs Chapter 30
- Proverbs Chapter 31
Contradictions We Found in Proverbs
Here are some of the contradictions we dug into in Proverbs (out of 30 we cataloged):
- Can God be found?
- Do the wicked live long?
- Does God want everyone to go to heaven?
- Has there ever been a just person?
- How should we treat our enemies?
- Is it good to be happy?
- Is it OK to use perfume?
- Is wealth a sign of righteousness or of wickedness?
- Should we fear God?
- What kind of animals may we eat?
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