Wisdom of Solomon's Proverbs By cover art

Wisdom of Solomon's Proverbs

By: Wisdom of Proverbs
Listen for free

  • Summary

  • Wisdom and success are only a couple clicks away. What are you waiting for? The God of heaven inspired the wisest and richest king to compose witty sayings full of advice for you to prosper in every part of your life. Nothing is off-limits in this fabulous book of the Bible. The commentary is practical, hard-hitting, current, and spiritual. There is not a better one anywhere.
    Wisdom of Proverbs
    Show more Show less
Episodes
  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟒:𝟐𝟔 𝐏𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝.

    𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟒:𝟐𝟔 𝐏𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝.
    May 3 2024
    Life does not just happen to wise men. They act with careful thought and sober reflection. They plan and manage their lives. They choose wise goals and the means to achieve them, and they compare their progress to those goals. Other than rare acts of God they cannot avoid, they control and direct their circumstances to serve them, not vice versa. Rather than bouncing from one goal or direction to another, prudent men fix their lives in one steady course. They discipline all aspects of their lives toward their chosen goal. They carefully consider every part of life. They question, evaluate, and reflect upon each choice they make to keep their overall objective before them and steady progress to it. Reader, where are you going? Ponder the path of your feet. Is getting older all you are doing? Is life happening to you, rather than you directing it? Your daily and weekly routines should have a solid purpose and noble objective. Or are you on a treadmill – in a rut – not making any progress? Step back. Ponder the path of your feet. Examine yourself (II Cor 13:5). Consider your ways (Hag 1:5). Commune with your own heart (Ps 4:4). What does it mean to ponder? It means to weigh a matter mentally, to consider it carefully, to think about it, to muse over it, and to meditate upon it. Most are too busy with too much noise and activity to stop and think soberly about their lives. Instead of musing, they seek amusements – activities designed to stop all thinking. Instead of self- and life-examination, they chase more entertainment. Instead of thinking, they drown out internal conversation with television, movies, music, drinking, or drugs. What folly! Instead of quiet time to reflect on their lives, they have radios in their cars, televisions in their homes, and cell phones in their pockets. “God is not in all his thoughts” (Ps 10:4). They do not know where they are going, why they are going in a certain direction, or the consequences of it. They are victims of circumstances rather than managers of them. They are foolish and will be punished as surely as gravity causes things to fall downward. But wisdom cries, “Be still, and know that I am God” (Ps 46:10). “Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah” (Ps 4:4). “I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search” (Ps 77:6). “But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him” (Hab 2:20). These are the productive activities of wise and holy men. It is the fool who lives without thinking, acts without meditating, and chooses his path without pondering. Christians are called to walk circumspectly – examining their path from all angles. Only by this discipline can they understand and apply God’s will to their lives (Eph 5:15-17). It is your duty to make straight paths for your feet (Heb 12:13). Another error keeps men from pondering their lives – most of their pondering is about others. It is the wicked, self-righteous hypocrite that ponders the lives of others instead of his own. He comforts himself in his sins by trying to identify as many sins as possible in others (Luke 18:9-14). Jesus condemned worrying about the mote in another person’s eye while you have beams in your own. This activity is the opposite of self-examination, and it proves a person to be the opposite of the righteous and wise – it proves him a fool. What should you ponder? Are you walking with God and growing in the grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ? Are you bearing much spiritual fruit? Are you forgiving, loving, and serving all others to keep the second commandment? Is your marriage what it should be? Do you have activities in your life that create temptation and lead to sin? Are you single minded for the kingdom of God? Do you live with eternity in view? If you were to die today, would Jesus Christ find you in the way of righteousness?
    Show more Show less
    11 mins
  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟑:𝟑 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞: 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤; 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟...

    𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟑:𝟑 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐞: 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤; 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐮𝐩𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟...
    May 2 2024

    Mercy and truth mark perfection. It is wonderful when they meet (Ps 85:10). They lead to favor and good understanding with God and men (Pr 3:4). By neglect and sin they are lost, so they must be carefully guarded and obeyed. Let mercy and truth rule your life.You cannot literally bind mercy and truth around your neck. They are character traits of wisdom and the Holy Spirit and cannot be linked to string, rope, or chains. The metaphor describes tight attachment to a person’s outward life. Neither can you literally write them on the table of your heart. This metaphor describes committing them to your affection and memory. Wise men are dedicated to mercy and truth on their inside and their outside.Mercy and truth appear to be opposites, but it is their combination that makes a man perfect. Mercy is that gentle, forgiving, gracious, and overlooking trait of noble men, who gladly take personal injury rather than fight or hurt someone in their power. Truth is the stubborn commitment to whatever is honest and right, regardless of cost. Together they balance each other gloriously, resulting in the gentle and honest life of a true saint.Parent, children should be taught to love mercy. It is your duty to teach them the glory of forgiving and overlooking personal offences (Pr 19:11; Matt 5:38-42). Kindness and tenderheartedness should be emphasized. You should teach them to love their enemies, as the Lord and Stephen did (Pr 24:17-18; 25:21-22). Sibling rivalry will create almost daily opportunities for your lessons. Mercy does not tolerate unjustified anger, envy, hatred, malice, railing, whispering, and similar sins. Teach tender compassion toward all men.Parent, children should be taught to love truth. It is your duty to teach them the final authority of God’s Word and the glory of perfect honesty and integrity in all their dealings. Absolute honesty is a wonderful thing (Pr 12:22; 16:11; 17:7; Rom 12:17). Lying in any form should be punished severely. Truth does not tolerate exaggeration, hypocrisy, lying, slandering, and other related deceptions. It keeps all promises as given.Mercy and truth are essential components of wisdom. They do not literally forsake men, but the inherent depravity men have from Adam causes you to forsake them. The rule of wisdom here is to love and remember these two pillars of godly conduct in all situations. Most every sin can be isolated and identified as violating either mercy or truth. Beware!The blessed Lord Jesus had the perfect balance of mercy and truth. No man was more compassionate, even to enemies; no man was stricter about the truth, though it cost Him His life. He forgave easily and quickly, yet He is called Faithful and True (Rev 19:11). Let Him be your holy example to keep mercy and truth ruling your life inside and out.https://letgodbetrue.com/proverbs/index/chapter-3/proverbs-3-3/

    Show more Show less
    5 mins
  • 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟐:𝟏𝟕 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝.

    𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐬 𝟐:𝟏𝟕 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐨𝐝.
    May 1 2024
    Girls have up to three protectors, if they obey them. They have God, fathers, and husbands. If they obey them in their proper order, they can and will be saved from painful trouble. Even if a girl has a bad father, obeying God will bring her a good husband. The strange woman, a flattering whore or adulteress, is the subject of this proverb from the previous verse (Pr 2:16). Proverbs warns often in its early chapters against this dangerous seductress. Here Solomon condemned the character of such a woman by two great offences. Every young man and woman should hate this creature with holy hatred. Casual sex and adultery are now acceptable in the world more than ever before, but godly women will abhor both sins. Every father must guard and eliminate influences that lessen a daughter’s horror at the thought of such heinous sins. Two keys areas of life are friends and entertainment, such as books, magazines, television, music, movies, the Internet, and social media. Evil communications most surely do corrupt good manners (I Cor 15:33). The “guide of her youth” is her husband. She forsakes him horribly, when she is intimate with another man. Such a betrayal is heinous, for he has been her companion from youth. They shared the wonderful pleasures of a youthful marriage. A father’s sexual rules may be forsaken, but the father is not truly forsaken by the adultery of a married daughter. Scripture describes the wife of a man’s youth (Pr 5:18; Is 54:6; Joel 1:8; Mal 2:14-15). If marriage occurs not too long after sexual maturity, it allows youthful husbands and wives. The proverb assumed the Jewish practice of marrying early. Today’s delayed ages for marriage are due to foolish thinking and poor child training, resulting in years of sexual frustration and temptation. Most youth today are not mature enough for marriage. Life can be divided into several stages. Infancy covers from birth to age five; childhood covers the time from age five to puberty; and youth covers the time from puberty to majority, where majority is closer to 30, not 18 as many presume today (Num 4:3; I Chr 23:3; Luke 3:23). Marriage for Jews generally occurred during this stage called youth (Lev 27:1-7; Deut 1:39; I Sam 12:2; Eccl 11:10; Jonah 4:11; I Cor 7:9,36; I Tim 4:12). A father guides a girl in childhood by teaching her the fear of the Lord and the rules of godly virtue as taught in the Bible (Pr 4:1; 17:6; 22:15; Ps 34:11; Eph 6:4). It is his duty to preserve her virginity for marriage (Deut 22:13-21; I Cor 7:36-38). The burden should not be the girl’s, but the father’s, for he should protect her from the male lusts and methods he knows firsthand. It is to him any prospective suitor should make his query. Fathers have a great role in training daughters, for he is the main leader and teacher of the family (Gen 18:19; Josh 24:15; Eph 6:4). A mother cannot do as well, though she does have her own perspective and experience about love, marriage, and sex. Let fathers also teach daughters about virtuous conduct and soberly warn about evil men, for fathers have instinctive wisdom regarding such things and care much for their daughters’ futures. Fathers should control courting or dating activities to keep daughters from situations where they could be coerced or tempted to compromise. Jacob failed his daughter (Gen 34:1-5). But if marriage occurred early, as with the Jews, fatherly training and protection would end in the time of youth, when the husband would become the new guide. Every girl who fears God should receive her father’s instruction with a ready heart. And every married woman should remember the guide of her youth and the covenant she made before God. Due to her place in creation and God’s role for her, she will be judged severely for sexual infidelity. But for every repentant Mary, there is a forgiving Saviour!
    Show more Show less
    9 mins
Ministry & Evangelism Spirituality
Show more Show less

What listeners say about Wisdom of Solomon's Proverbs

Average customer ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.com reviews

Amazon reviews
No Reviews are Available