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 15:7-19 (5th Tuesday of Lent) 1 min 4394
Proverbs 15:20-16:9 (5th Wednesday of Lent) 2 mins 3690
Proverbs 16:17-17:17 (5th Thursday of Lent) 3 mins 4111
Proverbs 17:17-18:5 (5th Friday of Lent) 1 min 4250
Proverbs 19:16-25 (6th Monday of Lent) 1 min 4167
Proverbs 21:3-21 (6th Tuesday of Lent) 2 mins 3962
Proverbs 21:23-22:4 (6th Wednesday of Lent) 1 min 4283
Proverbs 23:15-24:5 (6th Thursday of Lent) 2 mins 4198
Proverbs 31:8-31 (6th Friday of Lent) 2 mins 4181
Proverbs Composite 10, 3, 8 (Vespers, 1st Reading, St. Alexis) 2 mins 5158