How to get wisdom?
7 Start with God — the first step in learning is bowing down to God;
only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
It is necessary to be humble to learn from the Lord. It is necessary to recognize that our lives are in his hands, so we fear Him.
20 Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts.
22 “Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance?
23-24 Look, I’m ready to pour out my spirit on you;
I’m ready to tell you all I know.
As it is, I’ve called, but you’ve turned a deaf ear;
I’ve reached out to you, but you’ve ignored me.
25-28 “Since you laugh at my counsel
and make a joke of my advice,
How can I take you seriously?
I’ll turn the tables and joke about your troubles!
What if the roof falls in,
and your whole life goes to pieces?
What if catastrophe strikes and there’s nothing
to show for your life but rubble and ashes?
You’ll need me then. You’ll call for me, but don’t expect an answer.
No matter how hard you look, you won’t find me.
It is easy to despise the wisdom and think we are in control when everything goes well. However, the simpletons will not find wisdom when in trouble.
29-33 “Because you hated Knowledge
and had nothing to do with the Fear-of-God,
Because you wouldn’t take my advice
and brushed aside all my offers to train you,
Well, you’ve made your bed—now lie in it;
you wanted your own way—now, how do you like it?
Don’t you see what happens, you simpletons, you idiots?
Carelessness kills; complacency is murder.
First pay attention to me, and then relax.
Now you can take it easy—you’re in good hands.”
The Wisdom is calling the idiots and simpletons to listen. Will they let to be idiots? Will they repent and abandon their ways?
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