Having Wisdom is not just about being intelligent but also knowing that that wisdom is from God and so there is the need to give reverence

Today we read some of my Favourite verses. The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom!! Reverential fear, the desire to obey and please God at all times causes us to walk in the way of the LORD. This reminder ensures we do not sway away from the teaching and the Voice of God, it ensures we walk in wisdom always. - ⁠Guard your heart with all diligence…(4:23). What am I allowing into my heart, what am I exerting my energy thinking about? What am I dwelling on, what influences the decisions I take…. Out of my heart flows all life’s wahala. Guarding the heart could be one of the most difficult thing till it’s mastered. Extremely necessary for a child of God. The Bible talks about us being defiled not by what goes into our mouth but what comes out of the heart. May God help us to master the important art of guarding the heart 🙏🏽

The book of proverbs is basically God saying, here's the manual for life hinge on 2 major choices- Wisdom or Folly. Getting wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord...not fear of God as in literal fear but as in reverence, reverence that draws you close,that brings intimacy That also makes you want to listen,conform your will to God's and becomes the foundation for every other wise decision you take as you journey through life

Proverbs 4 shows that David was the one that really hammered on Solomon getting wisdom before he died. The way Solomon quotes him makes it sound like David really put A LOT of emphasis on it. 😅 Good thing Solomon listened and made that his first request to God.

Funny how the Bible talks about the lack of fear of God as foolishness, yet one of the most common insults toward believers is ‘fools.’ 😅 It’s interesting how both sides use the same word but attach completely different meanings to it. In the end, time has a way of revealing what kind of ‘foolishness’ each side was actually operating in. 😌

Thought it was interesting that Solomon addressed these Proverbs to his son who decided to completely ignore them. Sigh.

I also noticed the link to Jesus. In several parts of scripture, God compares idol worship to adultery, basically cheating on God so in the larger frame work you can learn exactly how not to treat God from Solomon’s submissions.

I love how Solomon slowly starts coming to his senses in Proverbs. It feels like hindsight wisdom from a man piecing together the consequences of his choices. What’s interesting is how he uses women as metaphorical figures like the ‘adulterous woman’ (Pro 2:16-19) and ‘Lady Wisdom’ (Pro 1:20-23) to dramatize two contrasting ways of living. It creates this tension between impulse and discernment, where desire pulls you toward destruction and wisdom calls you toward order and clarity. The deeper lesson is how thin the line is between wisdom and foolishness, which is why discernment has to lead before emotions or desires do.

In Proverbs various kinds of fools are discussed including those who are close minded,over confident anf reject instructions and corrections. The unteachable, those who lack spiritual spiritual insight, the spiritually blind and those who are flippant,hardened and who deliberately choose to reject God and wisdom-arrogant.