Category: Wisdom (Proverbs)
Reflections on the wisdom of Proverbs and how it shapes character, choices, relationships, and faith.
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Receive and Give
Proverbs 1:3–4 (KJV)To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. Proverbs 1:3–4 (Douay-Rheims)to receive the instruction of doctrine, justice, and judgment, and equity: 4 To give subtilty to little ones, to the young man knowledge and understanding Let’s break…
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To Know
Proverbs 1:2 (KJV)To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; Proverbs 1:2–3 (Douay-Rheims)To know wisdom, and instruction: To understand the words of prudence: It is interesting to note that King James and Douay Rheims versions use different words in “Prudence” and “Perceive” and flip them around. Still, it does not change the…
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Proverbial Wisdom
It has been six or seven months since my last post “Where did Wisdom Go?” Please read this one https://walktogod.com/blog/f/where-did-wisdom-go before moving forward with this post. It struck me as odd, my son of all people, while watching TV I turned to a Christian Broadcast where they were talking about Proverbs 5-7, and he mentions…
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Where did Wisdom go?
Proverbs 1:3–7 (KJV)To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise,…
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Keep my Commandments
Proverbs 7 KJVMy son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman:That they may keep thee from…
