DIVINE

WISDOM

Lesson 4 for January 24, 20

WISDOM
CRIES OUT
Does not wisdom cry out, and
understanding lift up her voice?
(Proverbs 8:1)

In chapters 8 and 9,
divine wisdom is
personified and is given
divine attributes. She is
described in a similar way
Jesus is.
Wisdom cries out because
she wants to be heard.
She must be heard,
because thats a matter of
life and death for men
and women.
She is absolutely

WISDOM CRIES OUT

Does not wisdom cry out, and
understanding lift up her voice?

(Proverbs 8:1)

Why is wisdom trustworthy? Proverbs

8:1-21
1. My mouth will speak truth (v. 7)
2. All the words of my mouth are with
righteousness (v. 8)
3. My words are all plain and right (v.
9)
4. I dwell with prudence and science
(v. 12)
5. Counsel and understanding is mine
(v. 14)
6. The earth is judged by me (v. 1516) is the truth; the absolute truth
Wisdom
7.can
Righteousness
is with(John
me (v.
18)
we
only find in Jesus
14:6).
I traverse
Those 8.
who
hear thethe
cryway of righteousness
and
justice
of wisdom
will
find (v. 20)
Jesus.
I love those who love me, and
those who seek me diligently
will find me. (Proverbs 8:17)

WISDOM AND CREATION

The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way, before His

works of old. I have been established from everlasting, from
the beginning, before there was ever an earth. (Proverbs 8:22-23)

God possessed wisdom at the beginning,

before there was an earth; before the
beginning in Genesis 1:1.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit
designed and created this
world with wisdom. Because
wisdom is part of Gods own
nature.
In Proverbs 8:22-29, wisdom
is linked to the abyss, the
fountains, the mountains,
the hills, the fields, the
dust, the clouds, the
fountains of the deep, the
sea and the foundations of
the earth.
We cannot create any of

WISDOM REJOICES

Then I was beside Him as a master craftsman; and I was daily His
delight, rejoicing always before Him, rejoicing in His inhabited world, and
my delight was with the sons of men. (Proverbs 8:30-31)

How is wisdoms joy

related to the Creation
week?
Days 1 to 5
Day 6
I was daily
His
delight.
And God
saw that it
was good.

Rejoicing in His
inhabited world.
Then God saw
that it was very
good.

God rejoiced in His

Creation. That joy
increased until man
was created. He fully
rejoiced when He
enjoyed the first

Day 7
My delight was with
the sons of men.
and He rested on the
seventh day from all
His work which He
had done.

THE BLESSINGS OF WISDOM

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Those blessings lead us to the

source of true wisdom; the
Word of God.
But He said, More than
that, blessed are those
who hear the word of
God and keep it!
(Luke 11:28)

The Bible presents to our view the

unsearchable riches and immortal
treasures of heaven. Mans strongest
impulse urges him to seek his own
happiness, and the Bible recognizes this
desire and shows us that all heaven will
unite with man in his efforts to gain true
happiness.

E.G.W. (Gods Amazing Grace, December

WISDOM AND FOLLY

WISDO
M

FOLLY

She is efficient
(9:1-3)

She is lazy
(9:13-14)

She makes
food of life:
sacrifices,
bread and
wine (9:2)

She makes
food of sin:
stolen water
and bread that
does not
satisfy (9:17)

She calls the

simple so they
get wisdom
(9:4-6)

She calls the

simple to
perdition
(9:15-18)

Wisdom has built her house,

she has hewn out her seven
pillars. (Proverbs 9:1)

Do not correct a
scoffer, lest he hate
you; rebuke a wise man,
and he will love you.
(Proverbs 9:8)

Those who regard it as brave and manly to treat the

claims of God with indifference and contempt are
thereby betraying their own folly and ignorance. While
they boast their freedom and independence, they are
really in bondage to sin and Satan.
A clear conception of what God is and what He
requires us to be will lead to wholesome humility. He
who studies aright the Sacred Word will learn that
human intellect is not omnipotent. He will learn that
without the help which none but God can give, human
strength and wisdom are but weakness and ignorance.
He who is following the divine guidance has found the
only true source of saving grace and real happiness,
and has gained the power of imparting happiness to
all around him.
E.G.W. (Counsels to Parents, Teachers and Students; section 2, cp. 6;