Proverbs equal Wisdom

Hello and thank you for reading my Blog, Today we are going to break down Proverbs 1 and I hope this helps you better understand. I highly recommend that you read a proverb a day, every day. There is so much wisdom in proverbs and you will really be blessed. We serve a mighty God who loves us more than we will ever understand.

Proverbs 1
1The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
2 To know wisdom and instruction,
To perceive the words of understanding,
3 To receive the instruction of wisdom,
Justice, judgment, and equity;
4 To give prudence to the simple,
To the young man knowledge and discretion—

Explaining the purpose of the Book of Proverbs. Let’s take the verbs to perceive, to Know, and to receive they refer to the ways in which we obtain wisdom. Wisdom refers to skill. Instruction might also be translated as discipline; referring to the process of receiving knowledge and then applying it to your daily life. Wisdom in this verse denotes applied skill, such as that of a musician. In other words, wisdom affects living the same way the skills of artists affect the practice of their craft. The words judgment, Justice and equity give wisdom, discipline, and words of insight. Now Biblical wisdom involves a change of behavior and a commitment to justice.
The simple (naïve) are young, inexperienced, and very likely to make mistakes. The terms prudence and discretion include the cruel facts of life. A wise person has learned by experience how to make a distinction between what is praiseworthy, true and good from what is false, disgraceful, and bad.


5 A wise man will hear and increase learning,
And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,
6 To understand a proverb and an enigma,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
But fools despise wisdom and instruction.

There will always be more to learn when increasing learning: We never really finishes the study of wisdom; Wisdom speaks of the lessons that a more mature person gains from the study of a proverb, the fear of the Lord is the most crucial ingredient in wisdom. All wisdom depends on the knowledge of God and submission to His will.

8 My son, hear the instruction of your father,
And do not forsake the law of your mother;
9 For they will be a graceful ornament on your head,
And chains about your neck.
The opening expressions of wisdom is an appeal from parents to their son (or child) A subject matter that continues throughout the book.

10 My son, if sinners entice you,
Do not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us,
Let us lie in wait to shed blood;
Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
12 Let us swallow them alive like £Sheol,
And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;
13 We shall find all kinds of precious possessions,
We shall fill our houses with spoil;
14 Cast in your lot among us,
Let us all have one purse”—

The phrase- if sinners entice you: This is the first of many texts in which wisdom teaches using a story.

15 My son, do not walk in the way with them,
Keep your foot from their path;
16 For their feet run to evil,
And they make haste to shed blood.
17 Surely, in vain the net is spread
In the sight of any bird;
18 But they lie in wait for their own blood,
They lurk secretly for their own lives.

The parents speak words of caution. One step on this abrupt path will lead you toward destruction. Spreading a net in the sight of a bird that you wish to trap would be a futile task. Yet the fool is less sensible than the bird; he will watch the trap being set and get caught in it anyway.

19 So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain;
It takes away the life of its owners.
20 Wisdom calls aloud outside;
She raises her voice in the open squares.
21 She cries out in the chief concourses,
At the openings of the gates in the city
She speaks her words:

Take the following: It takes away the life, now these words conclude the story and begin a theme that the following passages will develop. The study of wisdom should be considered a matter of life and death.

22 “How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity?
For scorners delight in their scorning,
And fools hate knowledge.
23 Turn at my rebuke;
Surely I will pour out my spirit on you;
I will make my words known to you.
24 Because I have called and you refused,
I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
25 Because you disdained all my counsel,
And would have none of my rebuke,
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when your terror comes,
27 When your terror comes like a storm,
And your destruction comes like a whirlwind,
When distress and anguish come upon you.

The word wisdom addresses the simple ones or the naïve ones. Who are actually young people who need to make up their minds about life and the direction they will take. Wisdom ridicules those who reject her and Wisdom laughs with joy at God’s works and has delight in the people of God.
28 “Then they will call on me, but I will not answer;
They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
29 Because they hated knowledge
And did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 They would have none of my counsel
And despised my every rebuke.
31 Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way,
And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
32 For the turning away of the simple will slay them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
33 But whoever listens to me will dwell safely,
And will be secure, without fear of evil.”

When fools despise wisdom, I will not answer, they must face the results of their choice. Their loathing for wisdom arises out of a denial to fear God. As fools bring about their own destruction because Rejection of wisdom will slay them. This dismal warning ends with a promise of life to the few who will listen; they will find safety and ease.