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NASB | Proverbs 1:1 The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Proverbs 1:1 The proverbs (truths obscurely expressed, maxims) of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: |
Subject: In need of the only and all wise God |
Bible Note: Written by Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel; Proverbs is written from father to son with the purpose of knowing...discerning...receiving...and giving (see Proverbs 1:1-4). Both the writer, Solomon, benefit, as well as the son. Who was the son? Why was Solomon writing these things? I mean why did he take the time to do so? I turned to 1 Kings 9:6-7 and found these words: "But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples.(1 Kings 9:6-7) In order to not see himself become a proverb or his sons as well, he wrote down proverbs. That brings us to what a proverb is; it is a lesson learned put in words that communicate that truth succinctly; at least that is what I am gathering from the way 1 Kings 9:7 uses it. The sad thing is that not soon after Solomon turns from God by loving many foreign women (1 Kings 11:1); this is probably why Solomon writes about this issue later in the Proverbs. Not soon after that, Solomon's son, Rehoboam "forsook the counsel of the elders." In other words, he acted foolishly and the kingdom was divided (1 Kings 12:19). Lessons most certainly learned and Solomon put down many words to make us fear God and obey his commands (Ecclesiastes 12:13-14). Proverbs are those words. Sinners are the adversaries of "my son" in proverbs, as Solomon saw it. Sinners are synonymous with fools, they despise wisdom and instruction, they hate knowledge (Proverbs 1:7, 29). Perhaps it can better be stated that being a sinner makes us foolish. Why? Because we are separated from God who is all wise. The only way we can become wise is to be connected to him. And the only way we can be connected to him is through Jesus Christ who suffered once for sinners, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God (1 Peter 3:18). Wisdom is a gift, because salvation is a gift. We have not wisdom if we have not God. God is our greatest need, He is the Gospel, the Good News conclusion, the end for which we live, we need him, we need wisdom, we need then Jesus. |
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