10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

11For by me your days will be multiplied,

And years of life will be added to you.

12If you are wise, you are wise for yourself,

And if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

15“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.

Role of the Spirit

16I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; 17that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you.

18“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also. 20In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.

1) How does Proverbs root wisdom in reverence?

2) How does Yeshua tie love, obedience, and Spirit together?

3) What would obedience out of love look like in your context?

Job’s Friends Are No Help

1Then Job answered,

2“Oh that my grief were actually weighed

And laid in the balances together with my calamity!

3For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas;

Therefore my words have been rash.

4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,

Their poison my spirit drinks;

The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

5Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,

Or does the ox low over his fodder?

6Can something tasteless be eaten without salt,

Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

7My soul refuses to touch them;

They are like loathsome food to me.

8“Oh that my request might come to pass,

And that God would grant my longing!

9Would that God were willing to crush me,

That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

10But it is still my consolation,

And I rejoice in unsparing pain,

That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

11What is my strength, that I should wait?

And what is my end, that I should endure?

12Is my strength the strength of stones,

Or is my flesh bronze?

13Is it that my help is not within me,

And that deliverance is driven from me?

14“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;

So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.

15My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi,

Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,

16Which are turbid because of ice

And into which the snow melts.

17When they become waterless, they are silent,

When it is hot, they vanish from their place.

18The paths of their course wind along,

They go up into nothing and perish.

19The caravans of Tema looked,

The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.

20They were disappointed for they had trusted,

They came there and were confounded.

21Indeed, you have now become such,

You see a terror and are afraid.

22Have I said, ‘Give me something,’

Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’

23Or, ‘Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,’

Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants’?

24“Teach me, and I will be silent;

And show me how I have erred.

25How painful are honest words!

But what does your argument prove?

26Do you intend to reprove my words,

When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

27You would even cast lots for the orphans

And barter over your friend.

28Now please look at me,

And see if I lie to your face.

29Desist now, let there be no injustice;

Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.

30Is there injustice on my tongue?

Cannot my palate discern calamities?

Number and Services of Musicians

1Moreover, David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service some of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps and cymbals; and the number of those who performed their service was: 2Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. 3Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the Lord. 4Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. 5All these were the sons of Heman the king’s seer to exalt him according to the words of God, for God gave fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman. 6All these were under the direction of their father to sing in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, harps and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman were under the direction of the king. 7Their number who were trained in singing to the Lord, with their relatives, all who were skillful, was 288.

Divisions of Musicians

8They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil.

9Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph, the second for Gedaliah, he with his relatives and sons were twelve; 10the third to Zaccur, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 11the fourth to Izri, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 12the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 13the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 14the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 15the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 16the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 17the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 18the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 19the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 20for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 21for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 22for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 23for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 24for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 25for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 26for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 27for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 28for the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 29for the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 30for the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his relatives, twelve; 31for the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his relatives, twelve.

13The woman of folly is boisterous,

She is naive and knows nothing.

14She sits at the doorway of her house,

On a seat by the high places of the city,

15Calling to those who pass by,

Who are making their paths straight:

16“Whoever is naive, let him turn in here,”

And to him who lacks understanding she says,

17“Stolen water is sweet;

And bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

18But he does not know that the dead are there,

That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.