Solomon continues the comparison between the wise and the foolish. He doesn’t specify the two sons he started with but these proverbs do apply to them. When we looked at the two sons last time we found one deep difference; the foolish had no peace because he didn’t know God. He may have known about […]
This first group of parables uses a wise and foolish son as bookends. The wise/righteous are not forsaken where the foolish fall into ruin. We have come to the crux of my Proverbs Problem. There are no definitive breaks in the next 12 chapters. I won’t claim any wisdom as to how to break them […]
We meet the opposite side of Wisdom in the ‘woman’ Folly. She calls out as Wisdom does but her ways lead to death. Post a WARNING flag! This chapter compares and contrasts two ‘women’. We looked at Wisdom the last time we were together. Today we look at her polar opposite, Folly. We will find […]
Wisdom has prepared her home to receive visitors and teach them her ways. Her ways bring life. Everyone is invited to come and learn from her. This chapter does what I kind of did the last time we were together. It compares and contrasts ‘two women’, Wisdom and Folly. I used the adulterous woman instead […]
Solomon just shared his warning against the adulterous with his sons. He spoke of her calling out to men. Here is a better voice calling out to men; that of Wisdom. Solomon focuses on wisdom today. It is never far from his mind but in the previous chapters Solomon didn’t specifically focus on it. Wisdom […]
