In Proverbs 9, Solomon puts forward the image of 2 women who prepare two tables for a meal. Lady Wisdom invites men to her table to learn the ways of wisdom and get life. Lady Folly invites men to her table to learn the ways of sin and to throw away their lives.

In Proverbs 8, Solomon personifies the virtue of wisdom as a woman and contrasts her with the adulterous woman of Proverbs 7. Lady Wisdom stands at the gate of her city offering to make fools into wise men if they will embrace her teaching. In a beautiful section of scripture, verses 22-31, Lady Wisdom describes how she was present with the Lord before He created the world.

In Proverbs 7, Solomon encourages his son to embrace wisdom like an intimate friend. Solomon knew that if he could get his son to love wisdom, he would never fall into the trap of making love to a forbidden woman in an adulterous affair. Solomon describes a scene in which a foolish young man is enticed by a married woman, and writes that the young man is unaware that he is being led to her bed like an ox goes to the slaughter.

In Proverbs 6, Solomon offers some practical warnings against unwise behaviors and patterns of life. He warns men not to take on the debts of others, not to be lazy, not to become crooked, and not to commit adultery. He also gives a list of 7 things the Lord hates, these include, (1) Haughty eyes, (2) a lying tongue, (3) hands that shed innocent blood, (4) a heart that devises wicked plans, (5) feet that make haste to run to evil, (6) a false witness who breathes out lies, and (7) a person who sows discord among brothers.

Proverbs 5 is a continuation of Solomon’s discussion of true wisdom. In chapter 5, he makes it clear that a wise man doesn’t get involved with forbidden women. A wise man will not be caught in adultery with a woman who is not his wife, because he knows adultery leads to ruin and shame.

Proverbs 4 is similar to Proverbs 3 in content. Solomon is giving his son wise advice and encouraging him to pursue wisdom. If he is able to obtain wisdom and live by it, his life will be blessed. Wisdom will keep him from swerving off the path of light and righteousness and onto the dark path of the wicked.

Solomon speaks to his son in Proverbs 3 and encourages him to seek wisdom from the Lord. He writes, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.” He goes on to speak of the surpassing value of wisdom and the behavior and lifestyle of a man who has obtained it.

In Proverbs 2, Solomon gives advice to his son about pursuing wisdom. He wanted his son to pursue wisdom the way men pursue money. God gives wisdom to those who seek it, and wisdom will be a guide to those who possess it, helping them avoid the temptation presented to them by evil men and women.

Proverbs 1 can be broken down into 3 distinct sections. The first is an introduction to the book and its focus on the virtue of wisdom. The second section is the encouragement of a father to his son not to get entangle with scoundrels and worthless men. In the third section, wisdom is personified as a women offering her blessing to anyone who will put aside their foolishness and simpleness and pursue the knowledge of God, which is the beginning of wisdom.

Psalm 150 is the last psalm in the collection. This final psalm is one last encouragement to praise and worship the God of Heaven. His mighty deeds and “excellent greatness” make him worthy of praise. Psalm 150 brings the Book of Psalms to a close with these words, “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord!”

The author of Psalm 149 encouraged all the godly people of Israel to sing songs of praise to God with dancing, melody making, and with the sounds of the lyre and tambourine. He also encouraged the warriors of Israel to praise the Lord. They were honored to be tools in the hand of God to carry out His campaigns of justice and judgement.

Psalm 148 is another psalm of worship. The author called on the angels, human beings, and all elements of creation to praise their Creator. Those called to worship include kings, princes, young men, old men, mountains, sea creatures, mighty cedars, tiny insects, heavenly beings, and natural elements like water, fire, and wind.

Psalm 147 is a psalm of worship. The author gives a list of reasons why God is worthy of praise. Some of the reasons apply specifically to the nation of Israel, while others are more general. God’s power over nature is one of the highlights of the chapter.

Psalm 146 is all about how God is a superior king to any earthly king. Human rulers live short lives, and their ambitions often die with them. In contrast, God is an eternal king. His reign spans every generation. Not only is God an everlasting King, He is also superior to all human rulers in virtue. He is the upholder of all righteousness, purity, and justice.

Psalm 145 is a psalm full of worship. David blessed the Lord for His great power and His kind nature. His praise was enthusiastic and overflowing. The psalm displays a great balance between the glory and greatness of God and His gentleness and kindness.

In Psalm 144, David, the warrior king of Israel, asked the Lord to fight for their nation and send power from Heaven to defeat their cruel and dishonest enemies. At the end of the psalm, David spoke a blessing over his people and asked God to bless them with prosperity.

Psalm 143, like Psalm 142 before it, was written by David during a hard time in his life. Troubles in David’s life had left his soul exhausted. His soul was desperately in need of God’s help. In his downcast state, he intentionally meditated on the great works of God from the past. His hope was in the Lord to deliver him just as the Lord had delivered so many of His saints in the past.

Psalm 142 follows the pattern of many of David’s previous psalms, it opens with David voicing a problem and ends with David expressing confidence that the Lord would bring him through the problem. David’s problem was discouragement, but even during those days of discouragement he wrote psalms like this one to express trust in God’s plan to eventually bring him to better days.

In Psalm 141, David asks the Lord to protect his heart from temptation. He was open to correction and advice, but he didn’t want to be influenced by godless people. He prayed that God would help him evade the traps of those who hated him and cause them to stumble into their own snares.

Psalm 140 is a psalm of David in which he prays for the Lord to cause the schemes of the wicked to backfire. Violent, arrogant, crafty, sneaky, and godless men were threatening David, and David asked the Lord to protect him against all their cunning traps.