Scripture Devotion
Proverbs ends with two voices: humility that knows its size, and a lamp that doesn't go out.
“Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.”
Reflection
The book of Proverbs closes today with its two guest speakers. Agur opens by confessing he's the least wise man in the room — and then says the wisest thing in it: every word of God is pure, a shield to those who trust it. Then comes the famous portrait of the woman whose candle goeth not out by night. Humility and vigilance — thirty-one chapters of wisdom end on exactly those two notes. Carry both into the weekend: small enough to be taught, awake enough to keep the lamp lit.