“Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.”
—Proverbs 1:23 (KJV)
Throughout Proverbs, Wisdom is referred to as she, the Great Mother—the Divine Feminine expression of understanding, discipline, and discernment. She is not human or female but is spoken of in feminine terms because she nurtures, corrects, instructs, reflects consequences, and shapes the soul, just as a mother does. When Proverbs speaks of “my son”, it is the Heavenly Father speaking. When it speaks of “the law of thy mother” (Proverbs 1:8), it refers to the Holy Spirit Mother—the law of truth, correction, and the karmic return that teaches a man through consequence.
This proverb is Wisdom calling with divine clarity:
“Turn you at my reproof…”
Turn when she corrects you.
Turn when she convicts you.
Turn when she exposes your error.
Turn when she shines light upon your path.
A man who turns at correction opens himself to greater wisdom. A man who rejects correction closes himself off from all further understanding. Therefore she says:
“…behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you…”
When a man truly repents, truly returns, truly lays aside pride and stubbornness, the Great Mother pours out her spirit—filling the heart with clarity, discernment, insight, and righteous understanding. Her spirit enlightens the mind. Her spirit teaches the inner man. Her spirit disciplines the soul and gives vision of the path ahead.
Then she promises:
“…I will make known my words unto you.”
Wisdom unveils the deeper meaning behind Scripture. She makes the Father’s commandments comprehensible. She reveals the patterns, the consequences, the timing, the seasons, and the moral fabric of life. Without her, Scripture remains clouded. With her, Scripture becomes alive.
But this outpouring of wisdom does not happen casually. It comes through seeking, through turning, and through persistent prayer, just as Jesus taught in Luke 11, using the literal words:
Luke 11:5–8 (KJV):
“Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?
And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not…
I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.”
This is how one must seek:
with importunity, persistence, desperation, and unyielding hunger.
Then Jesus says:
Luke 11:9–10 (KJV):
“And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.”
And then the promise:
Luke 11:13 (KJV):
“If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”
But before praying for others, a man must first pray for himself.
Before interceding, he must be reborn.
Before he can stand before God on behalf of another, he must first stand before God for himself.
For Scripture declares:
John 9:31 (KJV):
“Now we know that God heareth not sinners…”
This is why the first prayer must always be for one’s own repentance, one’s own cleansing, one’s own rebirth of spirit and truth. A man must become aligned with the Kingdom before he can call upon the Kingdom.
Once a man lives in the Spirit of Wisdom, fear dissolves.
When she pours out her spirit, confusion departs.
When she makes her words known, the soul becomes fearless and anchored.
For the one who lives in Wisdom fears no evil;
but the one without Wisdom fears everything.
The invitation of this proverb is simple and eternal:
Turn at her reproof.
Seek with persistence.
Pray with importunity.
And she will pour out her spirit upon you,
and the Father will respond,
and the Son will reveal His truth.
Amen.
Our Daily Morning Yahweh Practice
- Wake up early before the sun rises and give thanks to the Lord in proper prayer.
- Pray for the people who need praying for—using a list of names in your prayer journal.
- Read the chapter of Proverbs that corresponds to today’s date.
- Choose one proverb that speaks to you and post it beneath this proverb.
- Begin your daily morning surrender practice as the sun rises, and then start your day.