![]() The further we dig into these chapters, the more I realize how important it is that God has our whole heart. Let’s continue to ask God to help us become those people who the world can begin trusting again. ![]() The righteous and upright have integrity. ![]() During Solomon’s time, people found this right standing by following rules and giving God sacrifices when they fell short of these rules. God loves humble people with integrity who are righteous. One of the things I like to do to eliminate some of that confusion is to break passages up into bite-sized chunks. This chapter makes my eyes cross (that probably happens to me when I read the Bible more than it does for most people). The difference is in what they are offering and the type of life that results in following each of them. I also feel an enormous sense of gratitude in knowing that He wants me to have the same wisdom that has been by His side since the beginning of time.īut one thing that stuck out to me in this chapter is that there are a lot of similarities between Wisdom and Folly. I feel like I get a small taste of how amazing God is when I read it. This is one of those passages in the Bible that I love to read slowly and over and over again. If we pay attention, we can learn something that will change our lives forever. It seems adultery hasn’t changed much over the past few thousand years. Proverbs 7: The Infamous Harlot/Seductress We go from handling business deals the right way, to the trouble that goes along with procrastination, to the trouble with troublemaking, to the consequences of adultery. Solomon warns us of those who will try to deceive us specifically with sexual temptation. This is where things begin evolving and we get into some more detail as to what this wisdom & knowledge truly is. I guess these principles really are important, right? All four of these chapters word it a bit differently, but it’s altogether the same key points. We can sleep at night knowing that we aren’t in trouble.Ĭhapter 4 comes across as a reiteration. Seek God for wisdom, knowledge, and understanding and obtain fulfillment in life. Godly knowledge comes by seeking God fervently by reading the Bible, talking to Him in prayer, and seeking His will for our lives specifically. This wisdom Solomon keeps speaking about isn’t simple knowledge that we learn by living life, learning from our mistakes, etc. This wisdom contains the answers that we so desperately search for. It “shouts at us” right in the middle of where we exist. This wisdom in Proverbs makes itself undeniably obvious to us. I recently took a 31-day journey through Proverbs on my blog on, and I hope it will encourage you like it did me:
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