Book of Proverbs Main Idea Wisdom depends on trusting God and leads to life, but folly starts with distrusting God and leads to death. Proverbs 1:1–7 (NLT) These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of Israel. 2 Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise. 3 Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair. 4 These proverbs will give insight to the simple, knowledge and discernment to the young. 5 Let the wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser. Let those with understanding receive guidance 6 by exploring the meaning in these proverbs and parables, the words of the wise and their riddles. 7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. 1. Wisdom has a . Proverbs 1:1 (NLT) These are the proverbs of Solomon, David’s son, king of Israel. Proverbs 2:6 (NLT) For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding. Colossians 2:8 (NLT) Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ. 2. Wisdom has a . 3 Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just, and fair. “God’s goal for your life isn’t just that you’d know more—it’s that you’d become more.” 3. Wisdom has a . 7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline. 4. God’s wisdom is a . 1 Corinthians 1:30 (NLT) God has united you with Christ Jesus. For our benefit God made him to be wisdom itself. “You don’t become wise by trying harder. You become wise by surrendering to Jesus, the Wisdom of God.” WHAT NOW? Take one step this week to submit an area of your life to God’s wisdom. EX: Start each day this week with this prayer: “Lord, teach me to fear You. Help me trust Your wisdom more than my own.”