Proverbs 1:1-33
For giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.
They will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm.
Proverbs opens with a statement of its purpose and basis. It is aimed especially at the young and uninstructed - but no one is too old or too wise to learn. Proverbs and sayings encapsulate wisdom, and wisdom is the path to life.
The teacher addressed his pupils as a wise father would his son. The young man has a vital choice to make: between the right course and the wrong one; between wisdom and folly; between going God's way through life and going his own. The teacher describes the two alternatives, and show where each leads. In verse 10-19 he tries to arm his pupil against temptation. The theme of every lesson is the same:"Get wisdom. "Repetition is still a good teaching method!
Every-where wisdom is crying aloud. She calls to everyone. Listen! What she says of those who refuse to learn is the simple truth. There is no greater folly than choosing not to 'fear the Lord'
Why?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, God is the foundation of wisdom and prudence.
They will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes. People have to take responsibility to what they have done and their choice.
How?
There is no greater folly than choosing not to 'fear the Lord'
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