Reading for January 11th

Read Proverbs 1.8-19. In 1.8-19: Parental advice on leaving home. The opening scene of a youth leaving parents and home to establish his own household sets the scene for the entire book. Every reader must establish a household in the sense of learning to live well as an adult, accepting traditional wisdom and discerning where true life is to be found. In verses 10=14: A group of sinners invites the youth not simply to commit a violent crime but to share in their violent life (Come with us ... Throw your lot among us). In verses 16-17: Verse 16: is a gloss from Isa 59.7 to explain the enigmatic v. 17, which is a parable about sinners not seeing the divine retribution that works invisibly. The evil they plan for others will come upon them instead (vv. 18-19). Comments or Questions..