"But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm." ~Proverbs 1:33, NLT
It bears saying that in this section of Proverbs chapter 1, Wisdom is speaking through the king. Wisdom who was with God as He made the Heavens and the Earth. Wisdom that God gives as a gift. Essentially, one could say that wisdom is another aspect of who God is. (Although that's not doctrinally correct, as far as I know...)
But pulling on the string that wisdom is a gift from God, we're going to say that the "me" in the verse above is God. So all who listen to God will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm. I will emphasize yet again that this peace doesn't mean that everything's going to go right for you. Serving and listening to God doesn't mean that you're never going to fail, it doesn't mean that people won't be able to take advantage of you and it doesn't mean that you should walk alone through a dark alley at night. God's peace - His confidence - will be with you, and you won't need to fear harm. It doesn't mean you intentionally walk into dark alleys. Your brain (which God made for you!) should tell you that's a bad idea.
One thing we can remember is to listen to God, moment by moment. We might be surprised at the things He's longing to tell us, if we stopped for long enough to listen, to read His word and apply it to our life.
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