Proverbs 2

Proverbs 2

2 turning your ear to wisdom
and applying your heart to understanding,

3 and if you call out for insight
and cry aloud for understanding,

4 and if you look for it as for silver
and search for it as for hidden treasure

You use your ear, and cry with your mouth and search for it like silver. Silver is hidden in the mines, and is found little by little and not all together. Wisdom is gained little by little.

With wisdom, you have a totally different approach to fearing God.

We did talk about the "personification" of Wisdom as a female and if it was a Hebrew language way in which it is written. Some languages tend to have different grammatical structure in referring to different things.


11 Discretion will protect you,
and understanding will guard you.

What is discerning? Discerning is to distinguish between good and evil and we use wisdom to make such choices.

v16-22 talks about the wicked woman, and we did talk about how Solomon had many wives and how he didn't have the one convenant relationship based marriage.

Solomon had multiple wives, and could have married these women to expand his empire. But his wives worshipped strange Gods, and he fell in the end

However we also talked about how this passage could refer to the covenant relationship that we have with God and anything that comes between you and God in that relationship could be an adultress.

21 For the upright will live in the land,
and the blameless will remain in it;

22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
and the unfaithful will be torn from it.


We did talk about how the unfaithful but rich are accumulating more land these days and are totally away from God.

Proverbs 1

We just started studying the book of Proverbs in our small group at the Freshwaters. Though I've read Proverbs so many times, I've been learning it in a whole new way.
I will be summarizing the things that we discuss each week.

Proverbs 1

2 for attaining wisdom and discipline;
for understanding words of insight;

3 for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life,
doing what is right and just and fair;

4 for giving prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the young-

5 let the wise listen and add to their learning,
and let the discerning get guidance-

Proverbs are both for those who are already wise and want to add to their learning and also for those who don't have the wisdom yet. I can see it being referred as to both for teaching to others and for one's life


v9 - They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
We discussed about what garland and chain could signify in this verse

We talked about the difference between Knowledge and Wisdom. Knowledge is more about theoretical information in the head, and wisdom is what is applied and more from a practical point coming from the heart

v22 - How long will you simple ones [d] love your simple ways?

The Hebrew word rendered simple in Proverbs generally denotes one without moral direction and inclined to evil.

v23 -If you had responded to my rebuke,
I would have poured out my heart to you
and made my thoughts known to you.

v28 - Then they will call to me but I will not answer;
they will look for me but will not find me


We are being given a chance, and in the end it might get too late.