let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counselthat the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel;A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:That the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; And that the man of understanding may attain unto sound counsels:
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Verses 1 to 19, the Proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, to know wisdom and instruction, to perceive the words of understanding, to receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, judgment, and equity, to give prudence to the simple, to the young man, knowledge and discretion. A wise man will hear and increase learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel. To understand a proverb and an enigma, the words of the wise and their riddles, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. But fools despise wisdom and instruction. My son, this is Solomon speaking to his son, hear the instruction of your father and do not forsake the law of your mother, for they will be a graceful ornament on your head and chains about your neck. My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. If they say, come with us, let us lie in wait to shed blood. Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause. Let us swallow them up alive like shoal, or another word for hell, and whole like those who go down to the pit. …
… to bring us back to him the Bible says in Proverbs 1 verses 5 and 6 a wise man will hear and increase learning I hope you want to learn something new every day I hope that describes you if not, change that today learn something new every day and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel Don't listen to your own counsel. You know when you get together with you, yourself, and... or me, myself, and I, and we have a meeting, we always wind up concluding that this is what I want to do. And the majority wins, which is always in my favor. watch out for that talk to other godly people of course the ultimate answer after you seek counsel is taking it before the lord that verse six goes on to say to understand a proverb and an enigma the words of the wise and their riddles so how do i become this person regarding the awe of god that's where we begin because the wisdom and the knowledge comes from a God, a God who is one who we are awestruck by. …
… To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. A wise man will hear and increase learning. And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel. To understand a proverb and an enigma, the words of the wise and their riddles. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. But fools despise wisdom and instruction. Lord, we pray that as we christen this book of yours, 3,000-year-old document that's before us, its wisdom, its knowledge, its instruction has never changed. It is more needed now than maybe ever before, at least in our lifetime. Father, we thank you today that we are a people that have come to the worship and to the knowledge and to the love of the living God. You are the living God. You are the Savior. You are the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. You are the sum total of all that there is to know is known through you. You are truth. And we pray today, Father, that by your Holy Spirit being present, you would equip us both to proclaim your word and to ingest your word, that it might, Lord, trickle down to our feet, to the tips of our fingers, and our lips, that we might live out the Christian life in wisdom. …
… Proverbs is just full of mentions of the ears and of hearing. Proverbs 1, verse 5, let the wise hear and increase in wisdom. You won't increase in wisdom without hearing. brothers on this point it's important to own our natural and learned proclivities as pastors do we pastors are a group of talkers and we hear that at the break right you guys are talkers Most of us are talkers, naturally, or have learned to be talkers. We got stuff to say. Pastors are teachers and pastors are talkers. That's a good thing. We don't want silent pastors, God forbid. But for many of us, brothers, words come far too easy. And listening is far too difficult. James 1.19 is for us too. not just our people. let everyone, every pastor, be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger. So who do the pastors need to hear? Well, obviously, we need to hear from God. We talked about that. We focused on that. We hear from him in his word. …