Subject: Wisdom - Proverbs 7

Proverbs 7:4 (ESV Strong's)
Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call insight your intimate friend,

Subject:  Wisdom

In today's society, especially the educational world, wisdom is accumulated and obtained by the amount of degrees you have on the wall.   Knowledge, people believe, equals wisdom.   Like most false philosophy there is an appearance of truth in such thoughts.  However, what we learn from the book of Proverbs, the above verse being a key indicator, is that Wisdom is not simply accumulated knowledge.  In the early chapters of Proverbs we were told that the beginning of wisdom was the "fear of the Lord.".  In the above proverb we are told that wisdom is to be considered in the context of a relationship.   Wisdom is personified in this proverb as a person.   We are to be so close to God in fear (reverence) that we are to call wisdom "sister" or "friend.".  In 1 Corinthians 1-2 we see that Christ IS wisdom.   The thought here is that to have a close relationship with Wisdom we have to have a real relationship with God through Christ.   Wisdom is found, not in books, degrees, or graduate courses, it is found in a real relationship with Christ, who is our intimate friend.