Proverbs 3:1-35

Proverbs 3:1-35

Proverbs 3:13, 15-17 "Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, .....and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her....Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour...Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace."

Here we have the example of a life filled with following God and seeking after wisdom, which is found in God, "In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge". What benefits! This life offers happiness, above all else that can be desired, a long life, riches, honor pleasantness and peace! What man doesn't desire these treasures?

At the end of the chapter, we have a warning not to envy the life of the wicked, and a comparision is given of a life without God: Proverbs 3:31-35 "Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just....The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools."

Who would choose that life? No one in their right mind would. Yet millions do every day, because they live only for the immediate, for the pleasures of sin, and let themselves be carried downstream with the masses. Seeking wisdom takes effort; living the life of a fool comes naturally, wallowing in the psuedo-wisdom of those who do not seek after God.

1 Corinthians 3:19 "For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness."

James 1:5 "If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him."