THE IMPORTANT OF WISDOM (Chapter 2)

1. The Word If is explaining the condition needed / require from a person to experience the blessing of wisdom.

Verse ¹My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you,  ² turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding,

•  Accept my words
•  Store up my commands
•  Turning your ear to wisdom
• Applying your heart to understanding

Verse ³and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,

• Call out for insight
• Cry aloud for understanding

Verse ⁴and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure,

• You look it as a silver
•  Search for it as for hidden treasure,

2. The Word then is explaining how wisdom granted blessing for the person who fulfills the condition and requirement in the verses 1 to 4.

Verse ⁵then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

• You will understand the fear of the Lord
• Find the knowledge of God

Verse ⁹Then you will understand what is right and just and fair-- every good path.

• You will understand what is right and just and fair
• Will understand every good path

3. What the Wisdom does for us?

Verse ⁵then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God.

• We will understand the fear f the LORD and
• We will find the knowledge of God.

The Bible gave us reason why it’s important for us to understand the fear of the LORD and to find knowledge of God?

Verse ⁶For the LORD gives wisdom, and from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.

• Because the LORD gives wisdom
• From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.      

Verse ⁷He holds victory in store for the upright, he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,

• He hold victory in the store for the upright
• He is a shield to those whose walk is blameless

Verse ⁸for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.

• He guard the course of the just and
• Protects the way of His faithful ones.

Verse ⁹ Then you will understand what is right and just and fair-- every good path.

• We will understand what is right
• We will understand what is just
• We will understand what is fair
• We will understand every good path

The Bible gave us reason (1) how we understand what is right and just and fair – every good path and (2) how its work in our life!

Verse ¹⁰ For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

• 1.      Wisdom will enter your heart and
• 2.      Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Verse ¹¹ Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.

• Discretion will protect you and
• Understanding will guard you.

Verse ¹²Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,

• Wisdom will save us from the ways of wicked men
• Wisdom will save us from men whose words are perverse,

The Bible explaining about who is the wicked men

Verse  ¹³who leave the straight paths to walk in dark ways,

• Who leave the straight paths to
• Walk in dark ways

Verse ¹⁴who delight in doing wrong and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,

• Who delight in doing wrong and
• Rejoice in the perverseness of evil

 Verse ¹⁵whose paths are crooked and who are devious in their ways.

• Whose path are crooked and
• Who are devious in their ways

Verse ¹⁶ It will save you also from the adulteress, from the wayward wife with her seductive words,

• Wisdom will save us from the adulteress
•   Wisdom will save us from the wayward wife with her seductive words

The Bible explaining about who is the wayward wife

Verse ¹⁷ who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.

• Who has left the partner of her youth and
• Ignore the covenant she made before God

Verse ¹⁸For her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.

•  For her house leads down to death and
• Her paths to the spirit of the dead

Verse ¹⁹ None who go to her return or attain the paths of life.

• None who go to her return or
• Attain the paths of life.

4. The result of having wisdom

Verse ²⁰ Thus you will walk in the ways of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.

• Wisdom will guide us walk in the ways of good men and
• Wisdom will keep the path of the righteous

Verse ²¹ For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will remain in it;

• Wisdom will bless the upright live in the land and
• Wisdom will bless the blameless remain in it   

Verse ²² but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

• Wisdom will separate us from the wicked
• Wisdom will separate us from the unfaithful