The Book of Proverbs can be analyzed as being 3 different sections.
The first 9 Chapters are about Advice for Wisdom versus descriptions of foolish behaviors.
Chapter 10 to 29 are Proverbs of Solomon.
Chapter 30 to 31 are the Proverbs of Agur and Lemuel.
I like David Guzik’s explanation of Proverbs Chapter 20, and I’m sharing his video below.
My favorite line is line 19:
“A gossip betrays a confidence;
so avoid a man who talks too much.”
When I was a young adult, I usually brushed aside man or woman who talks a lot. I didn’t judge them by their outward talkative behavior. It is only through personal experience that I discover talkative people are usually boastful and thus forget their integrity. I think Chapter 20 Line 19 is a good piece of wisdom.
Related posts
The first post in this challenge series contains all the links to the meditations on Proverbs, from Chapter 1 to the present Chapter.