Scripture Readings - Proverbs

Much of Proverbs is  read by a reader at services during Great Lent


The book of Proverbs is a collection of moral and religious instruction to the youth of Israel.

It can be divided into four main parts and five appendices:

  • 1) (Ch. 1-9:18) Ten discourses of admonition and warning, two poems personifying Wisdom (1:20-33; 8:1-36), Wisdom vs. Folly (9:1-6, 13-18), and various shorter admonitions and poems;
  • 2) (Ch. 10-22:16) 1st Collection of Sayings of Solomon;
  • 3) (Ch. 22:17-24:22) The Sayings of the Wise,
  • with the 1st Appendix added (Ch. 24:23-34), also entitled Sayings of the Wise;
  • 4) (Ch. 25-29) 2nd Collection of Sayings of Solomon;
  • 2nd Appendix (Ch. 30:1-14), entitled The Words of Agur;
  • 3rd Appendix (Ch. 30:15-33) a collection of numerical proverbs;
  • Appendix 4 (Ch. 31:1-9), entitled The Words of Lemuel, King of Massa;
  • Appendix 5 (Ch. 31:10-31) praise of the ideal wife.
Reading Read Time Hit Count
Proverbs 1:1-20 (1st Monday of Lent) 2 mins 6015
Proverbs 1:20-33 (1st Tuesday of Lent) 1 min 5760
Proverbs 2:1-22 (1st Wednesday of Lent) 1 min 5697
Proverbs 3:1-18 (1st Thursday of Lent) 1 min 5474
Proverbs 3:11-18 (Vespers – Exaltation of the Cross) 1 min 4407
Proverbs 3:19-34 (1st Friday of Lent) 1 min 6349
Proverbs 3:34-4:22 (2nd Monday of Lent) 2 mins 5718
Proverbs 5:1-15 (2nd Tuesday of Lent) 1 min 5543
Proverbs 5:15-6:4 (2nd Wednesday of Lent) 1 min 5572
Proverbs 6:3-20 (2nd Thursday of Lent) 1 min 4309
Proverbs 6:20-7:1 (2nd Friday of Lent) 1 min 4607
Proverbs 8:1-21 (3rd Monday of Lent) 2 mins 4126
Proverbs 8:32-9:11 (3rd Tuesday of Lent) 1 min 5907
Proverbs 8:22-30 (4th Vespers Reading – Annunciation) 1 min 5083
Proverbs 9:1-11 (Mid-Pentecost) 1 min 5551
Proverbs 9:12-18 (3rd Wednesday of Lent) 1 min 5590
Proverbs 10:1-22 (3rd Thursday of Lent) 2 mins 5556
Proverbs 10:31-11:12 (3rd Friday of Lent) 1 min 6013
Proverbs 11:19-12:6 (4th Monday of Lent) 2 mins 4566
Proverbs 12:8-22 (4th Tuesday of Lent) 1 min 4355
Proverbs 12:23-13:9 (4th Wednesday of Lent) 1 min 4622
Proverbs 13:19-14:6 (4th Thursday of Lent) 1 min 4317
Proverbs 14:15-26 (4th Friday of Lent) 1 min 4244
Proverbs 14:27-15:4 (5th Monday of Lent) 1 min 3555