Proverbs 8:35-36 (ESV Strong's)
35 For whoever finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the LORD,
36 but he who fails to find me injures himself;
all who hate me love death.”
Find Wisdom
If you have ever been urgently looking for something and finally found it, you get a glimpse into the insight Solomon is trying to provide us in these two proverbs. Yet, finding your keys when you are late for work doesn’t even come close to this message. Finding your wallet after it was lost for a week does not. Finding you child who wandered off into a dangerous place, might get close. Yet, Solomon in the above passages is talking about finding something even more precious than a child: Wisdom. In chapter eight of Proverbs we are reading Wisdom’s word to us. She is speaking to us. She is telling us all the benefits of having her in your worldview of life. Failing to find wisdom is the same as finding death. When we fail to search for and find wisdom we do self-inflicted harm to ourselves. Thankfully, wisdom is available by simply fearing the Lord. That is the message of chapter nine:
Proverbs 9:10 (ESV Strong's)
10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.
Wisdom makes herself available so she is an easy find. Note where she is:
Proverbs 8:1-3 (ESV Strong's)
1 Does not wisdom call?
Does not understanding raise her voice?
2 On the heights beside the way,
at the crossroads she takes her stand;
3 beside the gates in front of the town,
at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud:
She is loud and standing on every corner. We have but to Fear the Lord (stand in awe of Him and revere Him) and we will find wisdom. Find
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