Proverbs 9 - Wisdom or Folly?

 

Proverbs 9 – Wisdom or Folly?

 

Those who respond to wisdom’s maidens, though they may lack understanding and moral experience, will soon see a change in themselves. Wisdom is like a palace or temple with pillars, reminiscent of Solomon’s temple. Pillars give a building lasting strength and beauty.

The wise person who sits at wisdom’s banquet will be still wiser because wisdom begets more wisdom.

The fear of the Lord is knowledge of the Holy One. For wise, skilled living in the world, God requires a right understanding of God’s business and a reverent submission to His ways.

The power of foolishness is presented in the form of a seductress. She may be clever, acquainted with the ways of the world and crafty, yet she is blind to spiritual realities. Her brazen ways and exciting talk may be persuasive, but persuasion does not equal permission in the Lord’s eyes. The fact that the woman admitted her pleasures were wrong should be the Christians signal to flee, no matter how tantalizing they may seem to the flesh.

 

Wisdom offers you a banquet of bread, meat, and wine; folly offers you stolen bread and water. Wisdom promises you life, but if you eat at folly’s table, you will die.

 

Scoffers know so much that nobody can teach them anything, but the wise learn from rebuke. You may not enjoy it when somebody corrects you, but it can do you good.

 

Wisdom multiplies days. Those who abuse their bodies with sin usually cut their lives short, but when you follow wisdom, you can add years to your life – and life to your years! God gives a fullness of experience to those who obey Him

 

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

Dr. David Jeremiah.