WISDOM
DO NOT BE WISE IN YOUR OWN EYES; FEAR THE LORD AND SHUN EVIL.
THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE
BEGINNING OF WISDOM. ALL WHO FOLLOW HIS PRECEPTS HAVE GOOD UNDERSTANDING. THE FEAR OF MAN WILL PROVE TO BE A SNARE, BUT
WHOEVER TRUSTS IN THE LORD IS KEPT SAFE.
2 CHRON 19:9 AND HE CHARGED THEM,
SAYING, THUS SHALL YE DO IN THE FEAR OF THE LORD, FAITHFULLY, AND WITH A
PERFECT HEART.
HE WHO TRUSTS IN HIMSELF IS A FOOL,
BUT HE WHO WALKS IN WISDOM IS
KEPT SAFE.
TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR
HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING. IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL
DIRECT YOUR PATHS AND MAKE THEM STRAIGHT.
THE FEAR OF THE LORD LEADS TO LIFE;
THEN ONE RESTS CONTENT, UNTOUCHED BY TROUBLE
HUMILITY
AND THE FEAR OF THE
LORD BRING WEALTH, AND HONOUR AND LIFE
WITH HUMILITY COMES WISDOM
A MAN OF LOWLY SPIRIT GAINS HONOUR.
WISDOM IS SUPREME, THEREFORE GET WISDOM
HE WHO GETS WISDOM LOVES HIS OWN SOUL.
HE WHO CHERISHES UNDERSTANDING PROSPERS.
WISDOM WILL PROTECT YOU. DO NOT FORSAKE HER. LOVE HER AND SHE WILL WATCH OVER YOU.
BY WISDOM A HOUSE IS BUILT AND THROUGH UNDERSTANDING IT IS
ESTABLISHED; THROUGH KNOWLEDGE IT’S ROOMS ARE FILLED WITH RARE AND BEAUTIFUL
TREASURES.
WISDOM, LIKE AN INHERITANCE, IS A
GOOD THING; AND BENEFITS THOSE WHO SEE THE SUN.
WISDOM IS A SHELTER AS MONEY IS A
SHELTER, BUT THE ADVANTAGE OF KNOWLEDGE IS THIS: THAT WISDOM PRESERVES THE LIFE
OF ITS POSSESSOR.
WISDOM MAKES ONE WISE MAN MORE
POWERFUL THAN TEN RULERS IN A CITY.
WHO IS LIKE THE WISE MAN? WHO KNOWS THE EXPLANATION OF THINGS? WISDOM BRIGHTENS A MAN’S FACE AND CHANGES ITS
HARD APPEARANCE.
DOES NOT WISDOM CALL OUT? DOES NOT UNDERSTANDING RAISE HER VOICE? ON THE HEIGHTS ALONG THE WAY, WHERE THE PATHS
MEET SHE TAKES HER STAND; BESIDES THE GATES LEADING INTO THE CITY, AT THE
ENTRANCES, SHE CRIES ALOUD. TO YOU, O
MEN, I CALL OUT; I RAISE MY VOICE TO ALL MANKIND, YOU WHO ARE SIMPLE, GAIN PRUDENCE; YOU WHO ARE FOOLISH, GAIN UNDERSTANDING. LISTEN, FOR I HAVE WORTHY THINGS TO SAY; I
OPEN MY LIPS TO SPEAK WHAT IS RIGHT. MY
MOUTH SPEAKS WHAT IS TRUE, FOR MY LIPS DETEST WICKEDNESS. ALL THE WORDS OF MY MOUTH ARE JUST; NONE OF
THEM IS CROOKED OR PERVERSE.
TO THE DISCERNING, ALL OF THEM ARE RIGHT; THEY ARE FAULTLESS TO THOSE WHO
HAVE KNOWLEDGE. CHOOSE MY INSTRUCTION INSTEAD OF SILVER, KNOWLEDGE RATHER THAN CHOICE GOLD, FOR WISDOM IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN RUBIES, AND NOTHING YOU DESIRE CAN
COMPARE WITH HER.
I, WISDOM, DWELL TOGETHER WITH PRUDENCE; I POSSESS KNOWLEDGE
AND DISCRETION. TO FEAR THE LORD IS TO HATE EVIL; I HATE
PRIDE AND ARROGANCE, EVIL BEHAVIOUR AND PERVERSE SPEECH. COUNSEL
AND SOUND JUDGEMENT ARE
MINE; I HAVE UNDERSTANDING AND
POWER. BY ME KINGS REIGN AND RULERS MAKE
LAWS THAT ARE JUST; BY ME PRINCES GOVERN, AND ALL NOBLES WHO RULE ON
EARTH.
I LOVE THOSE WHO LOVE ME, AND THOSE
THAT SEEK ME FIND ME. WITH ME ARE RICHES
AND HONOUR, ENDURING WEATH AND PROSPERITY.
MY FRUIT IS BETTER THAN FINE GOLD, WHAT I YIELD SURPASSES CHOICE
SILVER. I WALK IN THE WAY OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS, ALONG THE PATH OF JUSTICE, BESTOWING WEALTH ON THOSE THAT LOVE
ME AND MAKING THEIR TREASURIES FULL.
THE LORD BROUGHT ME FORTH AS THE
FIRST OF HIS WORKS, BEFORE HIS DEEDS OF OLD; I WAS APPOINTED FROM ETERNITY;
FROM THE BEGINNING, BEFORE THE WORLD BEGAN … I WAS THERE WHEN HE SET THE
HEAVENS IN PLACE… THEN I WAS THE CRAFTSMAN AT HIS SIDE. I WAS FILLED WITH DELIGHT DAY AFTER DAY,
REJOICING ALWAYS IN HIS PRESENCE , REJOICING IN HIS WHOLE WORLD AND DELIGHTING
IN MANKIND.
NOW THEN, MY SONS, LISTEN TO ME;
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO KEEP MY WAYS.
LISTEN TO MY INSTRUCTION AND
BE WISE; DO NOT IGNORE IT. BLESSED IS THE MAN WHO LISTENS TO ME,
WATCHING DAILY AT MY DOORS, WAITING AT MY DOORWAY. FOR HE WHO FINDS ME FINDS LIFE AND RECEIVES
FAVOUR FROM THE LORD. BUT WHOEVER FAILS
TO FIND ME HARMS HIMSELF; ALL WHO HATE ME LOVE DEATH.
SEE TO IT THAT NO ONE TAKES YOU
CAPTIVE THROUGH HOLLOW AND DECEPTIVE PHILOSOPHY, WHICH DEPENDS ON HUMAN
TRADITION AND THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF THIS WORLD RATHER THAN ON CHRIST. FOR IN CHRIST ALL THE FULLNESS OF THE DEITY
LIVES IN BODILY FORM, AND YOU HAVE BEEN GIVEN FULLNESS IN CHRIST, WHO IS THE
HEAD OVER EVERY POWER AND AUTHORITY.
LET THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELL IN YOU
RICHLY AS YOU TEACH AND ADMONISH ONE ANOTHER WITH ALL WISDOM AND AS YOU SING PSALMS, HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS WITH
GRATITUDE IN YOUR HEARTS TOGOD. AND
WHATEVER YOU DO, WHETHER IN WORD OR DEED, DO IT ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
JESUS, GIVING THANKS TO GOD THE FATHER THROUGH HIM.
BE ENCOURAGED IN HEART AND UNITED
IN LOVE, SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE THE FULL RICHES OF COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING, IN ORDER THAT YOU MAY
KNOW THE MYSTERY OF GOD, NAMELY, CHRIST, IN WHOM ARE HIDDEN ALL THE TREASURES
OF WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE. I TELL YOU THIS SO THAT NO ONE MAY DECEIVE
YOU BY FINE SOUNDING ARGUMENTS.
GOD HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE KNOWN AMONG
THE GENTILES THE GLORIOUS RICHES OF THIS MYSTERY, WHICH IS CHRIST IN YOU, THE
HOPE OF GLORY.
IN HIM WE HAVE REDEMPTION THROUGH
HIS BLOOD, THE FORGIVENESS OF SINS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RICHES OF GOD’S
GRACE THAT HE LAVISHED ON US WITH ALL WISDOM
AND UNDERSTANDING. AND HE HAS MADE KNOWN TO US THE MYSTERY OF
HIS WILL…
FOR THE MESSAGE OF THE CROSS IS
FOOLISHNESS TO THOSE WHO ARE PERISHING, BUT TO US WHO ARE BEING SAVED IT IS THE
POWER OF GOD. FOR IT IS WRITTEN: ‘I WILL
DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE;
THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE INTELLIGENT I WILL FRUSTRATE’. WHERE IS THE WISE MAN? WHERE IS THE SCHOLAR? WHERE IS THE PHILOSOPHER OF THIS AGE? HAS NOT GOD MADE FOOLISH THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD? FOR SINCE IN THE
WISDOM OF GOD THE WORLD THROUGH
ITS WISDOM DID NOT KNOW HIM, GOD
WAS PLEASED THROUGH THE FOOLISHNESS OF WHAT WE PREACHED TO SAVE THOSE WHO
BELIEVE. JEWS DEMAND MIRACULOUS SIGNS
AND GREEKS LOOK FOR WISDOM, BUT
WE PREACH CHRIST CRUCIFIED; A STUMBLING BLOCK TO JEWS AND FOOLISHNESS TO
GENTILES, BUT TO THOSE WHOM GOD HAS CALLED, BOTH JEWS AND GENTILES, CHRIST THE
POWER OF GOD AND THE WISDOM OF
GOD
DO NOT DECEIVE YOURSELVES. IF ANY ONE OF YOU THINKS HE IS WISE BY THE STANDARDS OF THIS AGE,HE
SHOULD BECOME A ‘FOOL’ SO THAT HE MAY BECOME WISE. FOR THE WISDOM OF THIS WORLD IS FOOLISHNESS IN GOD’S SIGHT. …. YOU ARE OF
CHRIST AND CHRIST IS OF GOD.
THE FOOLISHNESS OF GOD IS WISER THAN MAN’S WISDOM, AND THE WEAKNESS OF GOD IS
STRONGER THAN MAN'S STRENGTH.
I AM THE LORD, WHO HAS MADE ALL
THINGS, WHO ALONE STRETCHED OUT THE HEAVENS, WHO SPREAD OUT THE EARTH MYSELF,
WHO FOILS THE SIGNS OF FALSE PROPHETS, AND MAKES FOOLS OF DIVINERS, WHO
OVERTHROWS THE LEARNING OF THE WISE AND TURNS IT INTO NONSENSE, WHO CARRIES OUT
THE WORDS OF HIS SERVANTS, AND FULFILLS THE PREDICTIONS OF HIS MESSENGERS.
WE HAVE NOT STOPPED PRAYING FOR YOU
AND ASKING GOD TO FILL YOU WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL THROUGH ALL SPIRITUAL
WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING. AND WE PRAY THIS THAT YOU MAY LIVE A LIFE
WORTHY OF THE LORD…
BUT GOD CHOSE THE FOOLISH THINGS OF
THIS WORLD TO SHAME THE WISE;
GOD CHOSE THE WEAK THINGS OF THE WORLD TO SHAME THE STRONG … SO THAT NO ONE MAY
BOAST BEFORE HIM … IT IS BECAUSE OF HIM THAT YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS, WHO HAS
BECOME FOR US WISDOM FROM GOD –
THAT IS, OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS AND REDEMPTION. THEREFORE, AS IT IS WRITTEN, LET HIM WHO
BOASTS BOAST IN THE LORD.
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WE DO, HOWEVER, SPEAK A MESSAGE OF WISDOM AMONG THE MATURE, BUT NOT THE WISDOM OF THIS AGE OR OF THE RULERS OF
THIS AGE, WHO ARE COMING TO NOTHING. NO,
WE SPEAK OF GOD’S SECRET WISDOM,
A WISDOM THAT HAS BEEN HIDDEN
AND THAT GOD DESTINED FOR OUR GLORY BEFORE TIME BEGAN. NONE OF THE RULERS OF THIS AGE UNDERSTOOD IT,
FOR IF THEY HAD, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE CRUCIFIED THE LORD OF GLORY. HOWEVER, AS IT IS WRITTEN: NO EYE HAS SEEN,
NO EAR HAS HEARD, NO MIND CONCEIVED WHAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE
HIM – BUT GOD HAS REVEALED IT TO US BY HIS SPIRIT. THE SPIRIT SEARCHES ALL THINGS, EVEN THE DEEP
THINGS OF GOD. FOR WHO AMONG MEN KNOWS
THAT THOUGHTS OF A MAN EXCEPT THE MAN’S SPIRIT WITHIN HIM? IN THE SAME WAY NO-ONE KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF
GOD EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF GOD. WE HAVE
NOT RECEIVED THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD BUT THE SPIRIT WHO IS FROM GOD, THAT WE
MAY UNDERSTAND WHAT GOD HAS FREELY GIVEN US.
THIS IS WHAT WE SPEAK, NOT IN WORDS TAUGHT US BY HUMAN WISDOM BUT IN WORDS TAUGHT BY THE
SPIRIT, EXPRESSING SPIRITUAL TRUTHS IN SPIRITUAL WORDS. THE MAN WITHOUT THE SPIRIT DOES NOT ACCEPT
THE THINGS THAT COME FROM THE SPIRIT OF GOD, FOR THEY ARE FOOLISHNESS TO HIM
AND HE CANNOT UNDERSTAND THEM
BECAUSE THEY ARE SPIRITUALLY DISCERNED.
THE SPIRITUAL MAN MAKES JUDGEMENTS
ABOUT ALL THINGS, BUT HE HIMSELF IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY MAN’S JUDGEMENT. ‘FOR WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD THAT
HE MAY INSTRUCT HIM?’ BUT WE HAVE THE MIND OF CHRIST.
IF ANY OF YOU LACKS WISDOM, HE SHOULD ASK GOD, WHO GIVES
GENEROUSLY TO ALL WITHOUT FINDING FAULT, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO HIM. BUT WHEN HE ASKS, HE MUST BELIEVE AND NOT
DOUBT, BECAUSE HE WHO DOUBTS IS LIKE A WAVE OF THE SEA, BLOWN AND TOSSED BY THE
WIND. THAT MAN SHOULD NOT THINK HE WILL
RECEIVE ANYTHING OF THE LORD, HE IS A DOUBLE MINDED MAN, UNSTABLE IN ALL HE
DOES.
HE FOUNDED THE WORLD BY HIS WISDOM.
OH, THE DEPTH OF THE RICHES OF THE WISDOM AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD! HOW UNSEARCHABLE HIS JUDGEMENTS, AND HIS
PATHS BEYOND TRACING OUT. WHO HAS KNOWN
THE MIND OF THE LORD? OR WHO HAS BEEN
HIS COUNSELLOR? WHO HAS EVERY GIVEN TO
GOD THAT GOD SHOULD REPAY HIM? FOR FROM
HIM AND THROUGH HIM AND TO HIM ARE ALL THINGS!
TO HIM BE THE GLORY FOREVER!
AMEN.
A WISE MAN HAS GREAT POWER..
...THE WISE IN HEART WILL KNOW THE PROPER TIME AND PROCEDURE. FOR THERE IS A PROPER TIME AND PROCEDURE FOR
EVERY MATTER, THOUGH A MAN'S MISERY WEIGH HEAVILY UPON HIM. (ECCL 8:5-6)
IT IS BETTER TO HEED A WISE MAN'S REBUKE THAN TO LISTEN TO
THE SONGS OF FOOLS (ECCL 7:5)
THE WORDS OF A MAN’S MOUTH ARE AS
DEEP WATERS, BUT THE FOUNTAIN OF WISDOM
IS A BUBBLING BROOK.
A WISE MAN’S HEART GUIDES HIS MOUTH.
HE WHO HOLDS HIS TONGUE IS WISE.
A MAN’S WISDOM GIVES HIM PATIENCE: IT IS TO HIS GLORY TO OVERLOOK AN
OFFENCE.
A FOOL GIVES FULL VENT TO HIS
ANGER, BUT A WISE MAN KEEPS
HIMSELF UNDER CONTROL.
DO YOU SEE A MAN WHO SPEAKS IN
HASTE? THERE IS MORE HOPE FOR A FOOL
THAN FOR HIM.
WISE MEN TURN AWAY ANGER.
WISDOM IS PROVED RIGHT BY HER ACTIONS.
REBUKE A WISE MAN AND HE WILL LOVE YOU.
INSTRUCT A WISE MAN AND
HE WILL BE WISER STILL; TEACH A RIGHTEOUS MAN AND HE WILL ADD TO HIS LEARNING.
HE WHO WALKS WITH THE WISE GROWS WISE.
EVEN A FOOL IS THOUGHT WISE IF HE
KEEPS SILENT, AND DISCERNING IF HE HOLDS HIS TONGUE.
HE WHO WINS SOULS IS WISE.
THOSE WHO ARE WISE WILL SHINE LIKE THE BRIGHTNESS
OF THE HEAVENS, AND THOSE WHO LEAD MANY TO RIGHTEOUSNESS, LIKE THE STARS FOR
EVER AND EVER.
WHO IS WISE AND UNDERSTANDING AMONG
YOU? LET HIM SHOW IT BY HIS GOOD LIFE,
BY DEEDS DONE IN THE HUMILTIY THAT COMES FROM WISDOM.
BUT IF YOU HARBOUR BITTER ENVY AND
SELFISH AMBITION IN YOUR HEARTS, DO NOT BOAST ABOUT IT OR DENY THE TRUTH. SUCH “WISDOM”
DOES NOT COME DOWN FROM HEAVEN BUT IS EARTHLY, UNSPIRITUAL, OF THE DEVIL. FOR WHERE YOU HAVE ENVY AND SELFISH AMBITION,
THERE YOU FIND DISORDER AND EVERY EVIL PRACTICE. BUT THE WISDOM THAT COMES FROM HEAVEN IS FIRST OF ALL PURE, THEN PEACE
LOVING, CONSIDERATE, SUBMISSIVE, FULL OF MERCY AND GOOD FRUIT, IMPARTIAL AND
SINCERE. PEACEMAKERS WHO SOW IN PEACE
RAISE A HARVEST OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
UNDERSTANDING
THE
FEAR OF THE LORD – THAT IS WISDOM AND TO SHUN EVIL IS UNDERSTANDING.(JOB)
A FOOL FINDS PLEASURE IN EVIL
CONDUCT BUT A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING DELIGHTS IN WISDOM.
UNDERSTANDING
IS KNOWLEDGE OF THE HOLY ONE.
SAY TO WISDOM ‘YOU ARE MY SISTER’
AND CALL UNDERSTANDING YOUR KINSMAN.
YOU WHO ARE SIMPLE GAIN PRUDENCE,
YOU WHO ARE FOOLISH GAIN UNDERSTANDING.
UNDERSTANDING
IS POWER.
I GAIN UNDERSTANDING FROM YOUR
PRECEPTS.
BUY THE TRUTH AND DO NOT SELL IT;
GET WISDOM, DISCIPLINE AND
UNDERSTANDING. (SPIRIT OF POWER, LOVE, SELF DISCIPLINE/WISDOM)
HE WHO IGNORES DISCIPLINE DESPISES
HIMSELF, BUT WHOEVER HEEDS CORRECTION GAINS UNDERSTANDING.
TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR
HEART AND LEAN NOT ON YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING;
IN ALL YOUR WAYS ACKNOWLEDGE HIM, AND HE WILL MAKE YOUR PATHS STRAIGHT.
YOU ARE RIGHT IN SAYING THAT GOD IS
ONE AND THERE IS NO OTHER BUT HIM. TO
LOVE HIM WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND WITH ALL YOUR
STRENGTH AND TO LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOUR AS YOURSELF IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ALL
BURNT OFFERINGS AND SACRIFICES.
THEN HE OPENED THEIR MINDS SO THEY
COULD UNDERSTAND THE SCRIPTURES.
THOUGH IT COST YOU ALL YOU HAVE,
GET UNDERSTANDING.
EMBRACE HER AND SHE WILL HONOUR
YOU.
SHE WILL SET A GARLAND OF GRACE ON
YOUR HEAD.
ESTEEM HER AND SHE WILL EXALT YOU.
GOOD UNDERSTANDING WINS FAVOUR.
HE WHO CHERISHES UNDERSTANDING
PROSPERS.
A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING IS EVEN
TEMPERED.
A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING HOLDS HIS
TONGUE.
A PATIENT MAN HAS GREAT
UNDERSTANDING.
A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING KEEPS A
STRAIGHT COURSE.
A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING AND
KNOWLEDGE MAINTAINS ORDER.
THE PURPOSES OF A MAN’S HEART ARE
DEEP WATERS, BUT A MAN OF UNDERSTANDING DRAWS THEM OUT.
BY; WISDOM A HOUSE IS BUILT AND
THROUGH UNDERSTANDING IT IS ESTABLISHED; THROUGH KNOWLEDGE IT’S ROOMS ARE
FILLED WITH RARE AND BEAUTIFUL TREASURES.
GREAT IS OUR LORD AND MIGHTY IN
POWER; HIS UNDERSTANDING HAS NO LIMIT.
THE LORD SUSTAINS THE HUMBLE BUT CASTS THE WICKED TO THE GROUND.
AND HIS UNDERSTANDING NO ONE CAN
FATHOM.
AND THE PEACE OF GOD WHICH
TRANSCENDS ALL UNDERSTANDING, WILL GUARD YOUR HEARTS AND YOUR MINDS IN CHRIST
JESUS.
THE LORD SEARCHES THE HEART AND
UNDERSTANDS EVERY MOTIVE.
KNOWLEDGE
(REVELATION KNOWLEDGE)
UNDERSTANDING IS KNOWLEDGE OF THE
HOLY ONE.
A MAN OF KNOWLEDGE INCREASES
STRENGTH.
A MAN OF KNOWLEDGE USES WORDS WITH
RESTRAINT.
LIPS THAT SPEAK KNOWLEDGE ARE A
RARE JEWEL.
THE EYES OF THE LORD KEEP WATCH
OVER KNOWLEDGE, BUT HE FRUSTRATES THE WORDS OF THEUNFAITHFUL.
IT IS NOT GOOD TO HAVE ZEAL WITHOUT
KNOWLEDGE.
A DISCERNING HEART SEEKS KNOWLEDGE.
KNOWLEDGE COMES EASILY TO THE
DISCERNING.
PRUDENCE ACTS OUT OF KNOWLEDGE.
PRUDENCE KEEPS HIS KNOWLEDGE TO
HIMSELF.
BY; WISDOM A HOUSE IS BUILT AND
THROUGH UNDERSTANDING IT IS ESTABLISHED; THROUGH KNOWLEDGE IT’S ROOMS ARE
FILLED WITH RARE AND BEAUTIFUL TREASURES.
HOWEVER, AS IT IS WRITTEN: NO EYE
HAS SEEN, NO EAR HAS HEARD, NO MIND CONCEIVED WHAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE
WHO LOVE HIM – BUT GOD HAS REVEALED IT (REVELATION KNOWLEDGE) TO US BY HIS
SPIRIT. THE SPIRIT SEARCHES ALL THINGS,
EVEN THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD. FOR WHO
AMONG MEN KNOWS THAT THOUGHTS OF A MAN EXCEPT THE MAN’S SPIRIT WITHIN HIM? IN THE SAME WAY NO-ONE KNOWS THE THOUGHTS OF
GOD EXCEPT THE SPIRIT OF GOD.
SOUND
JUDGEMENT
AND DISCERNMENT
SOUND JUDGEMENT = COUNSEL
DISCERNMENT = WISDOM ON LIPS
DO NOT LET THEM OUT OF YOUR SIGHT.
WISDOM IS FOUND ON THE LIPS OF THE
DISCERNING.
EVEN A FOOL IS THOUGHT WISE IF HE
KEEPS SILENT, AND DISCERNING IF HE HOLDS HIS TONGUE.
A REBUKE IMPRESSES A MAN OF
DISCERNMENT MORE THAN A HUNDRED LASHES A FOOL.
A RICH MAN MAY BE WISE IN HIS OWN
EYES, BUT A MAN OF DISCERNMENT SEES THROUGH HIM.
WHO CAN DISCERN HIS ERRORS? FORGIVE MY HIDDEN FAULTS. KEEP YOUR SERVANT ALSO FROM HIDDEN SINS. MAY THEY NOT RULE OVER ME. THEN I WILL BE BLAMELESS, INNOCENT OF GREAT
TRANSGRESSION.
AND THIS IS MY PRAYER: THAT YOUR
LOVE MAY ABOUND MORE AND MORE IN KNOWLEDGE AND DEPTH OF INSIGHT, SO THAT YOU
MAY BE ABLE TO DISCERN WHAT IS BEST AND MAY BE PURE AND BLAMELESS UNTIL THE DAY
OF CHRIST, FILLED WITH THE FRUIT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS THAT COMES THROUGH JESUS
CHRIST.
A DISCERNING MAN KEEPS WISDOM IN
VIEW.
A DISCERNING HEART SEEKS KNOWLEDGE
KNOWLEDGE COMES EASILY TO THE
DISCERNING.
WISDOM REPOSES IN THE HEART OF THE
DISCERNING.
INSTRUCTION
HOLD ON TO IT. DO NOT LET IT GO. GUARD IT WELL FOR IT IS YOUR LIFE.
HE WHO OBEYS INSTRUCTIONS GUARDS
HIS LIFE.
APPLY YOUR HEART TO INSTRUCTION AND
YOUR EARS TO WORDS OF KNOWLEDGE.
LISTEN TO ADVICE AND ACCEPT
INSTRUCTION AND IN THE END YOU WILL BE WISE.
CHOOSE MY INSTRUCTION INSTEAD OF
SILVER, KNOWLEDGE RATHER THAN CHOICE GOLD, FOR WISDOM IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN
RUBIES, AND NOTHING YOU DESIRE CAN COMPARE TO HER.
WHOEVER GIVES HEED TO INSTRUCTION
PROSPERS.
FATHERS, DO NOT EXASPERATE YOUR
CHILDREN; INSTEAD, BRING THEM UP IN THE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION OF THE LORD.
A WISE SON HEEDS HIS FATHER’S
INSTRUCTION.
HE WHO SCORNS INSTRUCTION WILL PAY
FOR IT, BUT HE WHO RESPECTS A COMMAND IS REWARDED.
PLEASANT WORDS PROMOTE INSTRUCTION.
A WISE MAN’S HEART GUIDES HIS
MOUTH, AND HIS LIPS PROMOTE INSTRUCTION.
PREACH THE WORD; BE PREPARED IN
SEASON AND OUT OF SEASON; CORRECT, REBUKE AND ENCOURAGE WITH GREAT PATIENCE AND
CAREFUL INSTRUCTION.
PRUDENCE
PRUDENCE DWELLS TOGETHER WITH
WISDOM.
PRUDENCE OVERLOOKS AN INSULT.
PRUDENCE IS NOT SIMPLE.
PRUDENCE ACTS OUT OF KNOWLEDGE.
PRUDENCE KEEPS HIS KNOWLEDGE TO HIMSELF.
THE SIMPLE INHERIT FOLLY BUT THE
PRUDENT ARE CROWNED WITH KNOWLEDGE.
PRUDENCE GIVES THOUGHT TO HIS
STEPS.
PRUDENCE SEES DANGER AND TAKES
REFUGE, BUT THE SIMPLE KEEP GOING AND SUFFER FOR IT.
