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!!!! Proverbs 8
!!!!! Wisdom's Call
1 Does not wisdom call out? \\ Does not understanding raise her voice?
2 On the heights along the way, \\ where the paths meet, she takes her stand;
3 beside the gates leading into the city, \\ at the entrances, she cries aloud:
4 "To you, O men, I call out; \\ I raise my voice to all mankind.
5 You who are simple, gain prudence; \\ you who are foolish, gain understanding.
6 Listen, for I have worthy things to say; \\ I open my lips to speak what is right.
7 My mouth speaks what is true, \\ for my lips detest wickedness.
10 Choose my instruction instead of silver, \\ knowledge rather than choice gold,
11 for wisdom is more precious than rubies, \\ and nothing you desire can compare with her.
12 "I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence; \\ I possess knowledge and discretion.
13 To fear the LORD is to hate evil; \\ I hate pride and arrogance, \\ evil behavior and perverse speech.
17 I love those who love me, \\ and those who seek me find me.
22 "The LORD brought me forth as the first of his works, \\ before his deeds of old;
23 I was appointed from eternity, \\ from the beginning, before the world began.
24 When there were no oceans, I was given birth, \\ when there were no springs abounding with water;
25 before the mountains were settled in place, \\ before the hills, I was given birth,
26 before he made the earth or its fields \\ or any of the dust of the world.
27 I was there when he set the heavens in place, \\ when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
28 when he established the clouds above \\ and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
29 when he gave the sea its boundary \\ so the waters would not overstep his command, \\ and when he marked out the foundations of the earth.
30 Then I was the craftsman at his side.
\\ I was filled with delight day after day, \\ rejoicing always in his presence,
31 rejoicing in his whole world \\ and delighting in mankind.
32 "Now then, my sons, listen to me; \\ 33 Listen to my instruction and be wise; \\ 35 For whoever finds me finds life \\ and receives favor from the LORD.
\\ *Where can Wisdom be found?*
Proverbs 8:1-31; Job 28
I love proverbs!
All kinds of proverbs…
Chinese proverbs…
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
“In a broken nest there are few whole eggs.”
Arab proverbs…
“Sunshine all the time makes a desert.”
“The whisper of a pretty girl can be heard further
than the roar of a lion.’
African proverbs…
“Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.”
“Before shooting, one must aim.”
“Confiding a secret to an unworthy person
is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.”
“If you refuse to be made straight when you are green,
you will not be made straight when you are dry.”
“If your mouth turns into a knife,
it will cut off your lips.”
“When elephants fight the grass get hurt.”
Spanish proverbs…
“Tomorrow is the busiest day of the year.”
“Where God has his church
the Devil will have his chapel.”
Hebrew proverbs…
“Who seeks more than he needs
hinders himself from enjoying what he has.”
Mennonite proverbs…
“The man who claims to be the boss in his own home
will lie about other things as well.”
"I will charge you nothing
but the promise that you will help
the next man you find in trouble."
One proverb of Amish~/Mennonite origen
carries a message that is particularly strong
in German tradition,
namely that it is sinful to waste food even if it is in abundance.
“Take all you want, eat all you take.”
There are so many good proverbs that we use on a daily basis.
These are little gems of wisdom
based on common sense and the life experiences of people.
When I was a young man
and I was trying to figure out what to do with my life
I often prayed for wisdom.
I read the book of Proverbs
more than any other book.
Maybe it was because the poetic language of the Proverbs
that appealed to me as a teenager,
or just because I had no idea what to do with my life,
and I needed someone to give me some sound advice.
In Proverbs Wisdom is presented to us
as a lovely friend
who seeks to save the young man
from an unexamined and wasted life.
Wisdom is played off against foolishness,
and both are presented as young women
who use their charm to seduce the young
and inexperience man.
At first sight we discover that there is a competition going on here
that battles for the moral development of a young person.
Surely the writer has in mind the critical formative teenage years,
where the young person has to make many choices,
where the conscience of a person is formed,
and where decision are made
that will set the direction of a person’s life.
Wisdom is portrayed in the scriptures
as God’s supreme favorite
from the beginning of Creation.
She was present when God stood at the edge of nothing
and spoke the world into being.
She was God’s helper when the foundations of the earth were laid.
And yet, wisdom is a very illusive character.
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