What Wisdom Looks Like

Introduction

1. Wisdom looks like discipline (11,12)

11: 2 bad reactions to discipline

Rejecting it (despise)

Thinking badly of it (loathe CSB, grow weary KJV)

12: God disciplines because He cares for us

The Biblical illustration is of a parent/child

Questions:

What is the difference between the discipline of God and the wrath of God?

Describe someone raised without discipline

How does discipline teach us wisdom?

2. Wisdom looks like happiness

13-Notice that when it comes to wisdom and understanding

They bring happiness

They come through pursuit

The best students in a school are not always the most intelligent, but they are almost always the most diligent.

14,15

Wisdom is worth more than the things we think are the most valuable

You search for what is valuable

16-

Wisdom provides the opportunity for a long life

Wisdom provides the opportunity for riches and honor

17- ways and paths refer to the journey of life. The most peaceful journey you can have comes with wisdom

Don’t blame all stress on:

Others

Satan

Bad Luck

It could be you!

18-Wisdom is compared to the tree of life

Questions:

What are some things wordly people pursue for happiness

Why don’t these thing work?

3. Wisdom looks like knowledge

19,20-There is no conflict between Biblical wisdom and science

Why does there seem to be a conflict today

The idea of “autonomy” and how it destroys faith

4. Wisdom looks like security

What are people really afraid of?

How does Biblical wisdom overcome these fears