He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,He lays up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.He layeth up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to them that walk in integrity;
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… Verse 7. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. Then you will understand righteousness and justice. I think that is so key. Then. That's a time stamp. That means only then will you understand righteousness and justice. Equity and every good path. Discretion will preserve you. Understanding will keep you. From those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness. whose ways are crooked and who are devious in their paths. who forsakes the companion of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. None who go to her return, nor do they regain the paths of life. So you may walk in the way of goodness and heed to the path of righteousness. For the upright will dwell in the land, and the blameless will remain in it. But the wicked will be cut off from the earth, and the unpaid will be unruited from you. …
… And I'll start it off in verse 1, if you'll pick it up in verse 2. Proverbs chapter 2, verses 1 to 22. The way of wisdom will save your life. Solomon says, my son, if you receive my words and treasure my commands within you. So that you incline your ear to wisdom and apply your heart to understanding. Yes, if you cry out for discernment and lift up your voice for understanding. If you seek her as silver. and search for her, ask for hidden treasures. Then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find knowledge or the knowledge of God. For the Lord gives wisdom. Verse 7. He stores up sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk uprightly. Then you will understand righteousness and justice, equity and every good path. Discretion will preserve you. Understanding will keep you. To deliver you. From the way of evil, from the man who speaks of perverse things. From those who leave the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness. …
… and with your own pastoral challenges in view, let me invite you to open to Proverbs chapter 2, verses 1 to 8. In the history of God's covenant people, it's no accident that God's first covenant people get law first and wisdom. First Moses and then Solomon. The first need is clear revelation from God. The covenant people need the crystal clear Ten Commandments. and they need the God-given applications in case law. But you can't treat every scenario in life. The clarity of the commandments is vital, but the instruction from God needs to be internalized, become part of his people, shape them, form them, condition them so deeply that as they encounter daily scenarios, they don't have clear commandments, they can discern God's will in a particular moment. and the book of proverbs doesn't jump straight to the maxims of solomon and other sages we got this long nine chapter framework in theology the heart of a father for his son before you get to chapter 10 to 31 to read these proverbs from solomon and the others That's the challenge with Proverbs. …
… Look at this. He stores up wisdom, sound wisdom for the upright. He is a shield to those who walk in integrity. God has the best possible plan for every single one of His And of course, that plan starts with trusting Christ as personal Savior. And so, when we look at these verses, we ask the question, all right, if wisdom is viewing things from God's perspective and responding to them on the basis of the truth of the Word of God, how do I find wisdom? Where do I go? How do I seek wisdom? So, let's talk about we acquire wisdom simply by seeking it. And the first passage I want us to look at, it's in the second He says, Make your ear attentive to wisdom. Incline your heart to understanding. That is, if I want to know what God is saying, I've got to listen to Him. You say, Well, how do I listen to Him? You have a spirit within you as a child of God that enables you to hear the mind and the voice of God and to understand what He has in store for you. …