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Both have prepared a meal vv. 2, 17.
Wisdom has prepared her meal by hard work Desire relationship.
Both call out where all can hear vv. 3, 14.
Call to the same people Vv. 4, 16.
One leads to life the other to death.
Vv. 6, 11, 18. Wisdom is industrious and has a luxurious house.
The simple can become wise.
as we dine with lady wisdom, and partake of what she offers we will gain wisdom and insight.
the same is implied with dining with folly.
Wisdom is practical and ethical more than intellectual and philosophical
On the surface they seem similar, but the writer leaves no question as to which we should choose.
The fear of the Lord is at the center of .
wisdom begins with God God is the source of wisdom and wisdom is a reflection of His character.
To be wise then is to be godlike
T.S. Elliot - “Where is the wisdom we’ve lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we’ve lost in information?”
The simplicity and the profundity in a proverb “you reap what you sow”
what separates biblical wisdom from other wisdom is that wisdom’s goal is not just to enable us to prosper for the sake of prospering but also to enable us to live a life that is in accordance with God’s will.
the fear of God shapes and undergirds every other learning experience that I have
God gives us the ability to learn from experience.
Differs from humanism
Wisdom is to be understood in moral/ethical terms
scoffers, simple
focuses on the ones who feast with wisdom and folly respectively
wisdom begins with a proper knowledge and perspective of God and who is and the reverence, awe, and obedience that follows.
wisdom is not just concerned with best practices but ultimately it is concerned with right practices.
Biblical wisdom asks not only what is true?
What is prudent?
and what is best?
but also “What is moral?”
“What is right?”
“What is in accordance with God’s character and instruction.”
The choice between wisdom and folly is a choice between life and death.
We don’t have much room for wisdom in our culture.
We facts, information, give me the thou shalts and the thou shalt nots...
Biblical wisdom is not just concerned with whether or not God exists but it also explores what He is like, what is His character and nature.
Ultimately the goal of biblical wisdom is to teach us the skills for ordering our life so that we might be pleasing to God.
The Greeks were concerned with ethics but it was typically in humanist terms.
the fool denies God.
what it means to be a fool is not necessarily to be bankrupt of all knowledge or stupid.
Rather to be foolish is to openly reject God and His ways.
Fools hear and scoff.
One must study and learn and meditate if one is to be wise.
However we can do all of those things and not gain wisdom but we cant gain wisdom without doing those things.
We live in anti-intellectual society.
even when biblical wisdom and secular wisdom are in agreement the former is still distinctive because it is seen in a worldview in which yahweh is at center.
and so anybody can recognize that time is a precious commodity not to be wasted, but only the person who comes to that insight with the fear of the Lord will properly apply it.
Youth and inexperience.
Wisdom can come from experience, but 1) not all are wise and discerning so as to learn the proper lessons from experience and 2) no one can experience everything, moreover no one should want to.
Wisdom is crying out from those who have been there and done that encouraging us not to follow in their footsteps.
Some people learn the hard way?
They’ve got to experience it themselves.
The whole point of the book of proverbs is so that you don’t have to experience it.
Most see wisdom as stemming from what theologians call natural theology or creation theology.
That it is obtained by examining the world around us apart from any divine revelation.
not just skills for living but moral and ethical, wisdom and righteousness are synonymous
wisdom is theological, it has its source and substance in God.
Gives us favor with God
Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth?
() Wisdom answers I was there!
Many mis-understand the nature of Biblical wisdom.
They divide it from other spheres of Biblical literature and thought.
In their minds theology and morality stand on one side of the chasm, while the practicality of wisdom is on the other.
To them Biblical wisdom is essential no different than the wisdom of the other ancient near eastern cultures.
Proverbs short pithy sayings that generally describe the reality of a given circumstance in a memorable way.
They call on the reader not only to make the comparison but also to properly apply it.
Farmers principle
What is wisdom?
Practical - seen in the many terms used to describe esp.
wise dealing
Ethical
Theological
Living our everyday lives according to God’s standards in a way that leads us closer to God.
we must search diligently for wisdom.
Farmers principle
Skills for living
Roman candle wars
wisdom brings one to trust in the Lord
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