Agur’s prayer asks for truth and contentment: distance from falsehood and enough daily bread. Proverbs 30:7–9 invites us to honor God in both plenty and need.

God hears the cries of the poor. This reflection asks whether we do, calling us to costly compassion that reflects the mercy we have already received through Jesus.

How we respond to the poor reflects how we see their Maker. This reflection calls us to notice people we might otherwise pass by and extend the mercy we have received in Jesus.

Proverbs 19:1 calls integrity better than success built on crooked speech. With reflections from Charles Bridges and Ann Judson, this article considers quiet faithfulness, the desire for recognition, and walking with God in obscurity.

When righteousness seems to lose and God seems silent, Proverbs 16:8 calls us to choose integrity over unjust gain. This reflection looks to the cross and the comfort of God’s presence in the midst of injustice.

Proverbs 28:6 values integrity above income. Through everyday temptations and a lesson from business ethics, this reflection asks where we cut corners and points to Christ’s perfect integrity at the cross.