Proverbs begins and ends with a woman. The first is the personification of Wisdom, the last is the Perfect Wife, who is more than simply a domestic figure, but a way of showing us what every wife is supposed to be a picture of – the True Wife, the Bride of Christ.
Wisdom can help us to avoid calamity … but can do nothing to recover us from calamity. So, if it’s too late, if you didn’t listen, if wisdom and all its clarity about what you should have done can only mock you now … where will you turn?
Looking at Proverbs 24:23-34 we look at what Proverbs has to say about laziness – the best way to waste wisdom
How should a Christian share wisdom with others? The simple answer is with words – but through words used well. From Proverbs we find two first principles This leads to three practical guidelines
Foolishness is portrayed in Proverbs not simply as a lack of intelligence but as an unfaithfulness to the wisdom on which the creation itself rests. It is a kind of adultery.
Before we study the books of wisdom we must understand what wisdom is. The book of Proverbs offers two principles