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1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: 2 To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, 3 to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; 4 to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— 5 Let the wise hear and…

The Psalms teach us wisdom. 1 Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. 3 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 4 For they have no pangs until death; their bodies are fat…

Psalm 119 is an alphabetic acrostic psalm (as 111, 112), consisting of twenty-two stanzas of eight verses each. The acrostic manner in which the psalmist develops the theme of the law required a sacrifice in structural development. The net effect is what A.A. Anderson terms “a monotonous repetition,…

Introduction We can divide the Psalms by Genre. For this series, we will be looking at the Psalms that fall into the category of Wisdom Literature. In contrast to the spontaneous prose prayers found in biblical narratives (see Miller, They Cried to the Lord, Appendix 1), the Psalms are tightly woven…

20 Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; 21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: 22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?…

Introduction We can divide the Psalms by Genre. For this series, we will be looking at the Psalms that fall into the category of Wisdom Literature. In contrast to the spontaneous prose prayers found in biblical narratives (see Miller, They Cried to the Lord, Appendix 1), the Psalms are tightly woven…

Introduction We can divide the Psalms by Genre. For this series, we will be looking at the Psalms that fall into the category of Wisdom Literature. In contrast to the spontaneous prose prayers found in biblical narratives (see Miller, They Cried to the Lord, Appendix 1), the Psalms are tightly woven…

Intro into conclusion What a journey we have had going through this wisdom literature for application. And the application is apparent in this passage tonight. Someone once said that life is like a school, except sometime we don’t know there is a test until after we fail the test or pass it. sometimes…

Wise People stay away from folly There are things in this life that are inevitable, death, governments of men, and well, folly too. Tonight we are looking at why a little folly is dangerous and we need to watch out, protect ourselves from it. Where a good name is a fragrant perfume (Ecc7:1); dead flies…

Ignorance is bliss? Ignorance (noun) lack of knowledge or information. Sometimes we may think it is better not to know something than to know something and be responsible for knowing it, right? Well Koheleth starts into a long section (chapters 7-9) that are some wisdom, instructions for application.…

20 Wisdom cries aloud in the street, in the markets she raises her voice; 21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: 22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?…

Choices have consequences Our information, our knowledge, our understanding, our wisdom all lead to us making choices and our choices have consequences. Consequences can be good, in form of blessing, or bad and lead to destruction. (insert picture: Suicide -already saved on computer) The national average…

This is the life! (insert picture; this is the life here; already saved on computer) Do you want a good life? Do you consider yourself as to having a good life? God wants us to have a good life, though it may be different that what we envision. In our passage we see an appeal, an alternative and an answer.…

Wisdom’s Voice God because of His mercy continues to cry out, to call out to sinners because of His long-suffering (2Pt3:9). She cries out in the streets, in the squares and at the gates (Pro1:20-21). She cries out to the Naive, simple, scoffer and the fool (Pro1:22). 9 The Lord is not slack concerning…

The search continues Solomon (Koheleth) has started his quest to answer the big questions of life, to no avail. He has drawn a conclusion that all is vanity. In our passage today the search continues with seeking pleasure in wine, folly, labor, wealth, and the end result. Futility of cycles of life (Ecc1:4-11)…

God’s truth (wisdom) delivered According to 2Pt1:3 we have all things we need for life and godliness, and part of the all things is wisdom. We have the recorded, spirit inspired wisdom before us and the Lord wants us to receive the wisdom for it will instruct us and lead us. 3 seeing that His divine…

Some wise advise! A proverb is “a short pithy saying” in general use. It is stating a general truth or piece of advise. Proverbs are practical, proverbs are instructive, proverbs are for prevention, for warning, for reminding and yes for application. Do we listen for, pay attention to wise advise? Do…

Precepts to live by What precepts do you have in your life that you live by? Scripture is full of them and in our passage tonight we are going to look at some precepts to live by. Maybe first we better define precept. Precept (n) 1. A general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought. 2. A writ or…

Wisdom; are you listening? Hearing is not listening is it? You have to make the effort to listen, to actively listen. We have started a journey regarding wisdom from the Book of Proverbs and wisdom has been trying to get our attention, and keep our attention. Proverbs of wisdom has a reason (Pro1:1-7)…