Proverbs
Importance of Wisdom
1
“Does
not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights beside
the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; beside the gates in front of
the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud: "To you, O men,
I call, and my cry is to the children of man. O simple ones, learn prudence; O
fools, learn sense. Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will
come what is right, for my mouth will utter truth; wickedness is an abomination
to my lips. All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted
or crooked in them. They are all straight to him who understands, and right to
those who find knowledge. Take my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge
rather than choice gold, for wisdom is better than jewels, and all that you may
desire cannot compare with her.”
- Bible
2
"I,
wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. The fear of
the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and
perverted speech I hate. I have counsel and sound wisdom; I have insight; I
have strength. By me kings reign, and rulers decree what is just; by me princes
rule, and nobles, all who govern justly. I love those who love me, and those
who seek me diligently find me. Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and
righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than
choice silver. I walk in the way of righteousness, in the paths of justice, granting
an inheritance to those who love me, and filling their treasuries.”
- Bible
3
"The
LORD possessed me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old. Ages
ago I was set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth. When there
were no depths, I was brought forth, when there were no springs abounding with
water. Before the mountains had been shaped, before the hills, I was brought
forth, before he had made the earth with its fields, or the first of the dust
of the world. When he established the heavens, I was there; when he drew a
circle on the face of the deep, when he made firm the skies above, when he
established the fountains of the deep, when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command, when he marked out the
foundations of the earth, then I was beside him, like a master workman, and I
was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always, rejoicing in his inhabited
world and delighting in the children of man.”
- Bible
4
"And
now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways. Hear instruction
and be wise, and do not neglect it. Blessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors. For whoever finds me finds
life and obtains favor from the LORD, but he who fails to find me injures
himself; all who hate me love death."
- Bible
