Proverbs 1
Proverbs 1
A Wise Man Will Hear
Proverbs 1:1-6
“The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king
of Israel; To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of
understanding; To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and
equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and
discretion. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of
understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the
interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.”
King Solomon’s give clear direction and guidance like a GPS
device to all who wants to seek godly wisdom. One must first be prepared to hear
and to hear wisely, to know wisdom, to receive instruction, to give knowledge and
discretion. We must train and discipline ourselves to hear. Only a wise man who
listens will gain in learning and understanding and able to attain wise
counsels. When we read the proverbs do we listen to our own reading? Do we read
with listening? Can we read a proverb and not listen to our own reading? How do
we understand the dark sayings of the proverbs? Ask God for wisdom and we shall
receive.
Proverbs 1:7-9
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of
knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. My son, hear the
instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they
shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.”
Is there knowledge without the fear of God? What is worldly
knowledge? What is the difference between worldly knowledge and godly
knowledge? Does the fear of God make us submit to the Holy Spirit to help us
understand all knowledge? What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom?
Knowledge – Dictionary - understanding of or information
about a subject that you get by experience or study, either known by one person
or by people generally: (Cambridge Dictionary)
Wisdom – Dictionary - the ability to use your knowledge and
experience to make good decisions and judgments: (Cambridge Dictionary)
There is a clear difference between knowledge and wisdom.
Knowledge is acquired and wisdom is the application of the acquired.
If so, then the proper acquisition of knowledge must come
from the right source. The right source is then God. The fear of God leads us
to make sure we acquire our knowledge from and through his Holy Spirit for his
work. Thus, the work we do for God’s ministry and applying the wisdom we have
been given through the knowledge comes from the fear of God. Godly parents make
a difference in imputing godly instructions and godly commandments to their
children.
The godly upbringing of Godly children is made visible by
their godly behaviour which is like having priceless ornament on the head and
precious necklace of the neck.
Walk not in the way of Sinners.
Proverbs 1:10-19
“My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou
not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily
for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and
whole, as those that go down into the pit: We shall find all precious
substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Cast in thy lot among us; let
us all have one purse: My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy
foot from their path: For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. And they lay wait
for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. So are the ways of
every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners
thereof.”
‘Birds of feathers flock together’, is same goes with bad
company. ‘Come with us’, ‘let us lurk’, ‘let us swallow’ ‘we shall find all’, ’we
shall fill our houses’, ‘let us all have one purse’, this commitment to oneness
is similar a church, but this is an ungodly church. Devoted to self-destruction.
The bible teaches us that all things come together for good for those who love
God. But here we learn that all things come together toward death and
destruction for those who love themselves. Beware of greedy gains that takes
away the life of owners.
Wisdom cries in the street.
Proverbs 20-33
“Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice
in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of
the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple
ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and
fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit
unto you, I will make known my words unto you. Because I have called, and ye
refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at
nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your
calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as
desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and
anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer;
they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated
knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They would none of my
counsel: they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of
their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of
the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. But
whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of
evil.”
The fear of evil is real, yet no man turns for the fear of
evil to fear God and toward everlasting life in Christ. What is this fear of
evil? It is the fear of man, fear of failures, fear of judgement, fear of
reproof, fear of knowledge. Godly wisdom is the Gospel that is out there everywhere
for man to see and hear. The bible is a common book in the marketplace for all
books. Yet, man will choose a magazine about fishing when he does not even own
a fishing rod. The bible can be easily downloaded within seconds for free on
any mobile device, yet man and woman will pay for subscription for fashion e-magazines.
Bible teaches one to cloth in righteousness the other blinds you in external
vain glory and stirs one’s heart to compete with one another to look better and
seeks praises from people. They will eat of their own fruit of their own way
and the simple will slay them fools will destroy them.
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