Proverbs 1 - Wisdom

 

Proverbs 1 – Wisdom

 

All you need for success is yours when you receive God’s Wisdom. “Success” means much more than making a living. It means making a life that honors God and serves others. Wisdom is more important than riches and power (Prov. 8:12-21) because wisdom helps you build for all eternity.

 

“The fear of the Lord” means reverence for God and respect for His Word, a willingness to listen and a promptness to obey. God uses different people to teach you wisdom, and you must be alert to each lesson. Note the warnings: “Do not forsake!, Do not consent!, Do not walk!” God says no that He might say yes.

 

Wisdom is like a lovely woman inviting hungry people to a great feast.

Folly is like an evil woman seducing the ignorant into sin. Accept wisdom’s call and you will be blessed; accept folly’s call and you will be destroyed.

 

Throughout the Book of Proverbs, wisdom and folly are personified as women, calling on all who will listen to embrace them. Wisdom goes where the people are, in the open squares, in the chief concourses, at the openings of the gates in the city.

She calls aloud, raises her voice, cries out, speaks in the public places of the city. She speaks to three types of sinners: simple ones, scorners, and fools.

 

Fools make a habit of continually rejecting wisdom; in return, they receive the fruit of their own way (Jer. 6:19).

 

The final step in rebellion (complacency) is destruction. What a horrible price to pay for rejecting wisdom’s gracious appeal.

 

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J. Vernon McGee Commentary and Nelson’s Quick Reference Commentary.

Dr. David Jeremiah.