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Proverbs in the Daily Office Lectionary

The Daily Office Lectionary appoints Proverbs 29 times in its two-year course and twice on Holy Days. The course reads 17 of its 31 chapters, 3 of them in full.

Chapter by chapter

  • Year One does not read it in the course.
  • Year Two reads chapters 1, 3–4, 6–10, 15, 17, 21–25, 27, 30 during Epiphany and the Season after Pentecost, at Morning Prayer.
Proverbs chapters: Year Two only 1, 3–4, 6–10, 15, 17, 21–25, 27, 30; not in the two-year course 2, 5, 11–14, 16, 18–20, 26, 28–29, 31; in part 1, 3, 6, 9–10, 15, 17, 21–25, 27, 30.
  • Year One only
  • Year Two only
  • Both years
  • Half filled: only part of the chapter
  • Not in the two-year course

When both offices have two lessons, “the Old Testament Reading for the alternate year is used as the First Reading at Evening Prayer” (BCP p. 934). This site and the app follow that rubric, so most of these lessons are heard twice: at Morning Prayer in the year listed, and at Evening Prayer on the same day in the other year.

Year Two29 lessons

Proverbs in Year Two of the Daily Office Lectionary
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
Week of 7 Epiphany, SundayMorningProverbs 1:20-33949
Week of 7 Epiphany, MondayMorningProverbs 3:11-20949
Week of 7 Epiphany, TuesdayMorningProverbs 4:1-27949
Week of 7 Epiphany, WednesdayMorningProverbs 6:1-19949
Week of 7 Epiphany, ThursdayMorningProverbs 7:1-27949
Week of 7 Epiphany, FridayMorningProverbs 8:1-21949
Week of 7 Epiphany, SaturdayMorningProverbs 8:22-36949
Week of 8 Epiphany, SundayMorningProverbs 9:1-12951
Week of 8 Epiphany, MondayMorningProverbs 10:1-12951
Week of 8 Epiphany, TuesdayMorningProverbs 15:16-33951
Week of 8 Epiphany, WednesdayMorningProverbs 17:1-20951
Week of 8 Epiphany, ThursdayMorningProverbs 21:30–22:6951
Week of 8 Epiphany, FridayMorningProverbs 23:19-21, 29–24:2951
Week of 8 Epiphany, SaturdayMorningProverbs 25:15-28951
Week of Last Epiphany, MondayMorningProverbs 27:1-6, 10-12951
Week of Last Epiphany, TuesdayMorningProverbs 30:1-4, 24-33951
Week of Proper 2, MondayMorningProverbs 3:11-20967
Week of Proper 2, TuesdayMorningProverbs 4:1-27967
Week of Proper 2, WednesdayMorningProverbs 6:1-19967
Week of Proper 2, ThursdayMorningProverbs 7:1-27967
Week of Proper 2, FridayMorningProverbs 8:1-21967
Week of Proper 2, SaturdayMorningProverbs 8:22-36967
Week of Proper 3, SundayMorningProverbs 9:1-12969
Week of Proper 3, MondayMorningProverbs 10:1-12969
Week of Proper 3, TuesdayMorningProverbs 15:16-33969
Week of Proper 3, WednesdayMorningProverbs 17:1-20969
Week of Proper 3, ThursdayMorningProverbs 21:30–22:6969
Week of Proper 3, FridayMorningProverbs 23:19-21, 29–24:2969
Week of Proper 3, SaturdayMorningProverbs 25:15-28969

On Holy Dayspages 996–1000, the same in both years

Proverbs on Holy Days and other occasions
WhenOfficeLessonBCP page
St. JohnMorningProverbs 8:22-30996
SS. Philip & JamesEveningProverbs 4:7-18997

Coming up

The next 12 offices on this site that read from Proverbs:

4 more through December 27, 2027; see the calendar.