Proverbs 2 1-15, Day 16, Jan 16 | Anita Mathias: Dreaming Beneath the Spires

I, Wisdom, was with the Lord, when the world was created

Proverbs 2

¹ My son, if you accept my words
   and store up my commands within you,
² turning your ear to wisdom
   and applying your heart to understanding—
³ indeed, if you call out for insight
   and cry aloud for understanding,
⁴ and if you look for it as for silver
   and search for it as for hidden treasure,
⁵ then you will understand the fear of the LORD
   and find the knowledge of God.

Seeking wisdom, understanding, insight desperately will teach you to KNOW God, and will teach you the fear of God which will save you from much folly.

⁶ For the LORD gives wisdom;
   from his mouth come knowledge and understanding.
The Lord gives us wisdom, and he also gives us knowledge and understanding.

⁷ He holds success in store for the upright,
He often gives the upright success, according to his plans for them.

   he is a shield to those whose walk is blameless,
⁸ for he guards the course of the just
   and protects the way of his faithful ones.
He protects those whose walk is blameless.

⁹ Then you will understand what is right and just
and fair—every good path.

If you desperately seek wisdom, you gain the understanding of what is right and just and fair.

¹⁰ For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

Wisdom and knowledge will grow sweet and pleasant to you.

¹¹ Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.

¹² Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men,
   from men whose words are perverse,
¹³ who have left the straight paths
   to walk in dark ways,
¹⁴ who delight in doing wrong
   and rejoice in the perverseness of evil,
¹⁵ whose paths are crooked
   and who are devious in their ways.

Wisdom and discretion will protect you from wicked, perverse, devious people. Thank you, Lord.