Proverbs is a collection of individual proverbs or sayings intended to help equip the reader to live wisely in God’s world. Opening with an extended introduction (chapters 1-9), Proverbs encourages the reader to doggedly pursue godly wisdom – not as a mere accumulation of knowledge – but in order to apply it for godly living. Proverbs is intended to be deeply practical. Accordingly, the book’s largest section (chapters 10-29) consists of hundreds of individual sayings shaped as practical instruction for everyday life. How we – and our world – desperately need such wisdom! Where does it begin? With a fear of the Lord. That is, wisdom’s origin is not with an abject terror of God, but with a recognition of our finitude and the Lord’s magnitude. This winter, we’ll sip from Proverbs in three parts: wisdom, words, and humility.