Wisdom Contrasted. Studies in the Proverbs

Hinckley Evangelical Free Church

 April 07, 2019

Wisdom contrasted

Series: Studies in the Proverbs

The primary purpose of Proverbs was to facilitate the “a___________ of wisdom and discipline.”

Wisdom is a matter of h_______ and m_____ – it consists of the proper and diligent handling of our lives, while living in God’s world, all the time living in submission to His will and His Word.

Proverbs 1:7 says that the “fear of the Lord is the b____________ of knowledge…”

 

A.     those who are not increasing in wisdom are called “S_________”…

 

-1.  The verb that is formed from this Hebrew word, means “to d_________, or to s_________”….

–So the person who is “simple” is the kind of person who is easily led astray; gullible, silly.

 

1. a)  M________; – he is naive – Proverbs 14:15 and 22:3 “the simple believes everything, but the prudent looks where he is going.” Lazy--- thoughtlessness…
2. b) M_________; -- he is willful and irresponsible – Proverbs 1:32 “for the turning away of the simple shall slay them…”

 

 

This one whom we are calling simple is no mentally deficient… he is a person whose instability could be rectified But he prefers not to accept the d___________ of wisdom.

 

A. The second term is; “the F_____”…

–1.  The fool is an advanced case of the simple…

–2. three different words are used here in proverbs that the English translates as “fool”:

 

 

1. a)  The first is a term that implies a person who is “d_____, or o______________” (about 50 times)

 

But remember that the Proverbs has in mind a man’s chosen outlook rather than His m________ equipment or capabilities.

To those who love Him the fool brings sorrow!

 

1. b)  The second word that we translate as “fool” is used 19 times

                    (1)  The fool knows no restraint.. 20:3 & 12:16

                    (2) “Fools mock at making amends for sin…” 14:9

 

c) The third word that is translated as fool, is used only three times in Proverbs, but it is characterized by the words of P____ 14:1… “the fool has said in his heart, there is no God!”

 

The sayings of Proverbs are not p________, but they show us, in p________, how life works and how we can work life.

 

"The remarkable thing about fearing God is that, when you fear God, you fear nothing else; whereas, if you do not fear God, you fear everything else."

Oswald Chambers