Throughout the Bible We See Examples We Can Apply in Our World Today As we move toward the end of the book of Numbers, we see God allocating Canaan—the Promised Land—to the twelve tribes of Israel. First, God gives Moses the western, northern...
In my last post I noted that the Bible says we are to fear God — and I confessed confusion over precisely what that means. The next step in my progression of thought is to recall that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom and of...
If “wisdom” is the theme of Proverbs, then “path” may be the context. There are good paths and evil paths, straight paths and crooked paths. There are the paths of the righteous and paths of the wicked. For those who are...
Among all the reoccurring words in Proverbs, it is “wisdom” that is the most prominent — mentioned 54 times. Wisdom, in fact, is the central theme of the book, effectively summarizing its focus and purpose. The dictionary defines...
There are several words that appear with disproportionate frequency in the book of Proverbs — and with minimal representation in the rest of the Bible. They are: Sluggard occurs 14 times in Proverbs and nowhere else in the Bible. Prudent occurs...
Song of Songs is commonly categorized as wisdom literature in the Bible. With the possible exception of Job, it is not like the other wisdom books, nor like any other book in the Bible. It is easy to imagine Song of Songs as being the lines to a...
God told King Solomon to ask for anything and it would be given to him. (I think this is the closest thing we see in the Bible to God granting wishes like a genie.) Solomon asked for wisdom and knowledge. And God gave it to him—along with wealth...
Check out these books of the Bible, which are not found in all versions, but are in others, such as The Jerusalem Bible: Tobit is a story of Tobiah who journeys with Raphael to retrieve some money for his father (Tobit). Along the way he is...
Are you wise? Do you possess wisdom? According to The Free Dictionary, Wisdom is “The ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; insight; common sense; good judgment” However, according to the Bible, Wisdom—that...
