The Ways of Wisdom and Folly
Open Your Bible
Proverbs 2:1-22, Proverbs 8:32-36, Proverbs 9:1-18
BY She Reads Truth
The book of Proverbs is a guide for pursuing godly wisdom in our daily lives. In this four-week study, we will read a selection of topical proverbs covering different aspects of wisdom, from how to interact with our friends, families, and neighbors, to fearing God and keeping His commands. No matter the subject, these proverbs urge us to wrestle with and reflect on our own response to them. To help you better engage with the proverbs in this reading plan, we have provided you with a short introduction and reflection questions for each day.
The foundational truth in Proverbs is this: to deny God is to walk in the way of a fool, and to follow His ways is wisdom. Wisdom is not just the accumulation of knowledge. It is a way we walk through life, seeking to know and live out God’s truth. Folly, in the biblical sense of the word, is to hold the pursuit of truth in contempt by choosing to make our own path. A life of wisdom or folly comes from more than the individual decisions we make; it comes from how we approach the journey of life as a whole.
Reflection Questions:
What do today’s verses suggest are the goals of growing in wisdom?
Read Proverbs 9 again, paying close attention to the personification of wisdom in verses 1–12 and the personification of folly in verses 13–18. What stands out to you? How are the two different?
What fruit do you hope a month of studying God’s wisdom will produce in you?
281 thoughts on "The Ways of Wisdom and Folly"
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I want to find peace and grow closer to God. Truly understand his word to become a better disciple.
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Yes ☦️ to become the body of Christ
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Berlinda D. Gore
I’m reading my Bible and I asked what’s the biblical mean of folly? Then I begin to stoked my Bible. Then a question was asked about wisdom and folly and I didn’t know the different between the two words. I click on a page to see the different between wisdom and folly and this is how I got on this page. What’s the different between wisdom and folly? Give me a better understanding of the word wisdom and folly? Thanks!!!
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I want to have gentleness.
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I want to produce Godly wisdom in my everyday life but especially within friendships and my career.
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I Love the word of the Lord Jesus Christ!!! I would Love to get more of the word of the Lord.
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MAGNUMISM
TRULY THE FEAR OF THE LORD & THE GREAT KING IS THE BEGINNING OF TRUE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING BUT THE WAYWARD AND THE UNGODLY DESPISE WISDOM AND DIVINE INSTRUCTIONS AND TRULY GODS JUDGMENT AND WRATH WILL INDEED COMETH APON SUCH GROSS INIQUITIES OF OUR EVIL ADVERSARIES!
Proverbial idioms of revelations revealed!
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I want to produce faithfulness and peace. Faithfulness in a loving God, that his plans for me are better than my own. Peace in knowing and loving God. That He will comfort me through all my seasons. I want my heart to be changed by God. I want to desire Him more so I can be a true disciple of God, and share the good news.
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