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NASB | Psalm 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 111:10 The [reverent] fear of the LORD is the beginning (the prerequisite, the absolute essential, the alphabet) of wisdom; A good understanding and a teachable heart are possessed by all those who do the will of the LORD; His praise endures forever. [Job 28:28; Prov 1:7; Matt 22:37, 38; Rev 14:7] |
Bible Question: The Book of proverbs is it truely the book of wisdom and if so where has it taken you as far as your personal growth? |
Bible Answer: Friends, The book of Proverbs is truly one of the greatest books of the Bible, in my opinion. It shows us the very nature of God. By understanding God's nature, we are able to draw closer to Him. If we draw close to Him, He will draw close to us [James 4:8]. Throughout the book of Proverbs we get insights into the mind of God--the Wisdom of God. It is this Wisdom of God that John spoke of in the first chapter of the Gospel of John--the Logos: "IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. [Isa. 9:6.]" [John 1:1 Amplified] "The Lord formed and brought me [Wisdom] forth at the beginning of His way, before His acts of old. I [Wisdom] was inaugurated and ordained from everlasting, from the beginning, before ever the earth existed. [John 1:1; I Cor. 1:24.] When there were no deeps, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains laden with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth, While as yet He had not made the land or the fields or the first of the dust of the earth. When He prepared the heavens, I [Wisdom] was there; when He drew a circle upon the face of the deep and stretched out the firmament over it, When He made firm the skies above, when He established the fountains of the deep, When He gave to the sea its limit and His decree that the waters should not transgress [across the boundaries set by] His command, when He appointed the foundations of the earth--Then I [Wisdom] was beside Him as a master and director of the work; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing before Him always, [John 1:2, 18.] Rejoicing in His inhabited earth and delighting in the sons of men." [Proverbs 8:22-31 Amplified] The book of Proverbs has provided practical, personal instructions to me for many years. It tells how to treat and get along with your spouse; it instructs parents how to discipline children; it warns youths about the dangers of sexual immorality; it admonishes lazy people to get up and work; it challenges the rich and the poor alike, the young and the old, the wise and the foolish, the good and the evil, the honest and the dishonest, the worker and the thief. Perhaps the best advice anyone could ever be given is found in the following passages from the book of Proverbs: "My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent." [Proverbs 1:10 Amplified] "Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths." [Proverbs 3:5-6 Amplified] "Buy the truth and sell it not; not only that, but also get discernment and judgment, instruction and understanding." [Proverbs 23:23 Amplified] Truly my life has been greatly shaped and influenced by the wisdom contained in the book of Proverbs. Kind regards, Tim D. Cormier Tennessee Preacher |