Purpose and Theme
Proverbs 1:1-33
- What did it mean to the original reader or original audience?
#God
#People = Solomon, The Wise, The Foolish, The Simple, Sinners
#Time =
#Place = Public Places (streets, city gates)
#Obedient faith
#Sin
#Key Idea
The Beginning of Knowledge
1 The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
2 To know wisdom and
instruction,
to understand words of
insight,
3 to receive instruction in wise
dealing,
in righteousness, justice,
and equity;
4 to give prudence to the
simple,
knowledge and discretion to
the youth—
5 Let the wise hear and increase in
learning,
and the one who understands
obtain guidance,
6 to understand a proverb and a
saying,
the words of the wise and
their riddles.
7 The
fear of the Lord is
the beginning of knowledge;
fools
despise wisdom and instruction.
The Enticement of Sinners
8 Hear, my son, your father's
instruction,
and forsake not your
mother's teaching,
9 for they are a graceful garland
for your head
and pendants for your
neck.
10 My son, if sinners entice you,
do
not consent.
11 If they say, “Come with us, let us
lie in wait for blood;
let us ambush the
innocent without reason;
12 like Sheol let us swallow
them alive,
and whole, like those
who go down to the pit;
13 we shall find all precious
goods,
we shall fill our houses with
plunder;
14 throw in your lot among us;
we
will all have one purse”—
15 my son, do not walk
in the way with them;
hold back your
foot from their paths,
16 for their feet run to
evil,
and they make haste to shed
blood.
17 For in vain is a net spread
in
the sight of any bird,
18 but these men lie in wait
for their own blood;
they set an
ambush for their own lives.
19 Such are the ways of
everyone who is greedy for unjust gain;
it
takes away the life of its possessors.
The Call of Wisdom
20 Wisdom cries aloud in the
street,
in the markets she raises her
voice;
21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries
out;
at the entrance of the city
gates she speaks:
22 “How long, O simple ones, will
you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in
their scoffing
and fools hate
knowledge?
23 If you turn at my reproof,
behold, I
will pour out my spirit to you;
I
will make my words known to you.
24 Because I have called
and you refused to listen,
have stretched
out my hand and no one has heeded,
25 because you
have ignored all my counsel
and would
have none of my reproof,
26 I also will laugh at your
calamity;
I will mock when terror
strikes you,
27 when terror strikes you like a
storm
and your calamity comes like a
whirlwind,
when distress and anguish
come upon you.
28 Then they will call upon me, but I will
not answer;
they will seek me diligently
but will not find me.
29 Because they hated
knowledge
and did not choose the
fear of the Lord,
30 would
have none of my counsel
and despised
all my reproof,
31 therefore they shall eat the fruit
of their way,
and have their fill
of their own devices.
32 For the simple are killed by their
turning away,
and the complacency
of fools destroys them;
33 but whoever listens to me
will dwell secure
and will be at
ease, without dread of disaster.”
Wisdom warns about being enticed by sinners.
I. The Reasons for the Proverbs (1:1–7)
A. To grasp wisdom and discipline (1:1–2): They help with the understanding of wise sayings.
B. To receive guidance and understand deep thoughts (1:3, 5–7): People who listen to the proverbs learn the fear of the Lord.
C. To give insight to the immature and mature alike (1:4): The Proverbs give knowledge and purpose.
II. The Recipients of the Proverbs (1:8–33): Solomon’s son in particular
A. Advice regarding wicked companions (1:8–19): Stay away from them! Why?
1. They terrorize others (1:8–17).
2. They trap themselves and rob themselves of life (1:18–19).
B. Advice regarding wisdom’s counsel (1:20–33): Stay close to her!
1. Her call (1:20–21): She shouts out in the streets.
2. Her condemnation (1:22–32): She calls; fools do not listen or come to her.
3. Her consolation (1:33): All who listen to her live in peace and safety.
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