Episode 426 - Family Wisdom: A Journey through the Book of Proverbs (Part 5) Proverbs 2:16-17

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Wisdom

result vs. evidence

the fear of the Lord
wisdom

result vs. evidence

the absence of the Lord
the fear the Lord

wrong
dangerous
inferior

Proverbs 2

16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
worship (trust) & obey

autonomous
Genesis 2

18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
need someone

Kingdom agenda

work (stewardship)
fill the earth & multiply
Genesis 2

18 The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”
mutuality male & female

woman included
on the account of creation

no need for submission
(until Gen 3)
Proverbs 2

16 Wisdom will save you also from the adulterous woman, from the wayward woman with her seductive words,
essence
vs.
function
Proverbs 2

17 who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God