I can't figure out where to go to get to the live bible study!

Well, my vacation has resulted in me being quite far behind on my Proverbs reading! I'll catch up though!

Just wanted to pop in to let everyone know that while I haven't been posting this last week, I am still participating in the Proverbs reading and have been reading everyone's post. I'm away on vacation starting tomorrow but will look forward to listening to the recorded bible study when it becomes available. God bless!

Get well soon! I’ll be out of town and unavailable next week, but will definitely catch the recorded study. God bless!

@Dominic Enyart , I love your point 1! That's exactly what I thought when I read it, except that isn't just communist, it's any form of collectivism where people take what they haven't earned from those who have earned it. It's all just legalized theft. The difference is only a matter of degree. I personally say socialism is the most dangerous because it fools the most number of people into thinking its a good thing. It's worse than communism for the same reason HBO is worse than the Playboy channel. Verses 24-31 (verse 26 in particular) struck me as well. It reminded me of Hebrews 10:31. It's also one of those passages that can't help but make me wonder about what a Calvinist does with, "Because I called and you refused,". I need to try and remember this passage for the next time I encounter a Calvinist who is talking about irresistible grace.

I don't know how to start new threads on this site but I figured we could just keep going with Proverbs here... The thing that stood out to me in Proverbs 2 is how directly wisdom is connected to the way a person actually lives. Solomon does not treat wisdom as merely knowing a lot or being intellectually sharp. He tells his son to seek wisdom, treasure it and pursue it, and then says... “Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.” - Proverbs 2:9, NKJV In other words, wisdom produces righteous behavior. The more a man understands what is true, the better equipped he is to recognize what is right, avoid what is evil and walk uprightly. Of course, this is being written from a Jewish perspective, under the law. Solomon is an Israelite, instructing his son in how to live rightly before God, and the end of the chapter even speaks in terms of the upright remaining in the land while the wicked are cut off from it. So the dispensational setting matters. This is not doctrine written to the Body of Christ. Even so, the basic point is hard to miss: wisdom is not merely something that improves the mind, but shows up in how a man actually lives. For us in the Body of Christ, the practical result of seeking wisdom is much the same, but the motivation is different. We are not living under Israel's covenant system of blessing for obedience and judgment for disobedience. Our walk is motivated by grace and love. And, ironically enough, love was the motive God wanted all along.