S3E149 – Proverbs 1: God’s Wisdom

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Today’s Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 1 ERV

Podcast Introduction

It’s Poetry Thursday, and well begin the book of Proverbs with chapter 1. I’m calling this episode “God’s Wisdom.”

Comments on Proverbs 1

The book of Proverbs was written by King David’s son, Solomon. Solomon is commonly thought of as the wisest man, and the richest man who ever lived. His wisdom was a gift from God as a result of the prayer he made upon his ascension to the throne at the death of his father, David. Instead of asking for wealth or victory over his enemies, or power, he prayed a simple prayer asking for wisdom to lead God’s people. God was so pleased by Solomon’s prayer that He not only granted him great wisdom, but He gave Solomon the things he could have asked for but didn’t. 

The book of Proverbs is primarily a collection of short, often just single sentence teachings, or nuggets of truth. They are thoughts and ideas that God revealed to Solomon. Remember, it has long been the belief by orthodox Christianity that the Bible was written by men as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit. So these are not merely the thoughts of a wise man, but they are from the mind of God Himself. 

The first chapter’s introduction tells us that these proverbs will benefit anyone who heeds their teachings, and anyone who does not is a fool who will come to destruction. It tells us that we will learn wisdom if we put them into practice in our own lives. 

It also introduces a character who will be recurring throughout the book. And that is the personification of wisdom as a woman. In verse 20 we see Wisdom shouting in the streets and marketplace, chiding those who refuse to listen to her teaching and encouraging those who will, to listen.

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Steve Webb 0:00
These are not just the thoughts of a wise man, but they’re from the mind of God himself.

Steve Webb 0:12
This is the Lifespring one year Bible coming to you from Riverside, California and podcasting since 2004. I’m your og Godcaster. Steve Webb. This is the daily podcast where we’re reading through the entire Bible in a year and it’s poetry Thursday, we’ll begin the book of Proverbs with chapter one. I’m calling the episode, God’s wisdom. Before we begin, let’s pray. Our gracious heavenly father have We thank You for Your Word, and that we thank you so much for the book of Proverbs. As we read through the book this year, I pray, Lord, that You would teach us I pray this in Jesus name, amen. Okay, you ready? Let’s get started.

Steve Webb 0:55
Proverbs chapter one. These are the proverbs of Solomon, the son of David and King of Israel. They will help you learn to be wise to accept correction and to understand why sayings. They will teach you to develop your mind in the right way. You will learn to do what is right and to be honest and fair. These proverbs will make even those without education smart. They will teach young people what they need to know and how to use what they have learned. Even the wise could become wiser by listening to these Proverbs, they will gain understanding and learn to solve difficult problems. These sayings will help you understand proverbs stories with hidden meanings, words of the wise and other difficult sayings. Knowledge begins with fear and respect for the Lord. But stubborn fools hate wisdom, refuse to learn. My Son, listen to your father when he corrects you. And don’t ignore what your mother teaches you. What you learn from your parents will bring you honor and respect like a crown or a gold medal. My son, those who love to do wrong will try to trick you. Don’t listen to them, they will say, Come with us. Let’s hide in beat to death. Anyone who happens to walk by, we will swallow them whole as the grave swallows the dying, we will take everything they have and fill our houses with stolen goods. So join us and you can share everything we get my son, don’t follow them. Don’t even take the first step along that path. They run to do something evil and they cannot wait to kill someone. You cannot trap birds with a net if they see you spreading it out. But evil people cannot see the trap they set for themselves. This is what happens to those who are greedy, whatever they get destroys them. Listen, wisdom is shouting in the streets. She is crying out in the marketplace. She is calling out where the noisy crowd gathers fools. How long will you love being ignorant? How long will you make fun of wisdom? How long will you hate knowledge? I wanted to tell you everything I knew and give you all my knowledge, but you didn’t listen to my advice and teaching. I tried to help but you refuse to listen. I offered my hand but you turned away from me. You ignored my advice and refused to be corrected. So I will laugh at your troubles and make fun of you when what you fear happens. disasters will strike you like a storm. Problems will pound you like a strong wind, trouble and misery will weigh you down. And fools will call for me but I will not answer. They will look for me but they will not find me. That is because they hated knowledge. They refused to fear and respect the Lord. They ignored my advice and refuse to be corrected. They fill their lives with what they wanted. They went their own way so they will get what they deserve. Fools die because they refuse to follow wisdom, their content to follow their foolish ways and that will destroy them. But those who listened to me will live in safety and comfort, they will have nothing to fear.

Steve Webb 4:03
Well beloved the book of Proverbs was written by King David’s son, Solomon. Solomon is commonly thought of as the wisest man in the richest man who ever lived. His wisdom was a gift from God as a result of the prayer he made upon His ascension to the throne at the death of his father David. Instead of asking for wealth or victory over his enemies or power, he prayed just as simple prayer asking for wisdom to lead God’s people. And God was so pleased by Solomon’s prayer that he not only granted him wisdom, but he gave Solomon the things that he could have asked for, but didn’t. The book of Proverbs is primarily a collection of short, often just single sentence, teachings or nuggets of truth. There are thoughts and ideas that God revealed to Solomon but remember, it has long been the belief by Orthodox Christianity that the Bible was written by men as they were inspired by the Holy Spirit. So these are not just the thoughts of a wise man but they’re from the mind of God himself. The first chapter is introduction tells us that these proverbs will benefit anyone who heeds their teachings. And anyone who does not is a fool who will come to destruction. It tells us that we will learn wisdom if we put them into practice in our own lives. It also introduces a character who will be recurring throughout the book. It’s the personification of wisdom as a woman. And in verse 20, we saw wisdom shouting in the streets and marketplace, chiding those who refuse to listen to her teaching, and encouraging those who will to listen. I’m looking forward to going through this book with you. Do you have a favorite verse from the book of Proverbs or from chapter one? Let me know call the Lifespring family Hotline at plus 1-951-732-8511 or send me a boostagram you can also go to comment.lifespringmedia.com tomorrow we’ll be prophecy Friday and we’ll complete the book of Jeremiah was chapters 47 through 52.

Steve Webb 6:09
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Steve Webb 6:16
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Steve Webb 7:03
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Steve Webb 7:27
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