Proverbs 1:1-7: Learning Wisdom

2023-10-08

Listen along as we begin a new series looking at the book of Proverbs. Notes//Quotes: Prov 1:1-7 “You’ve heard of the meat of the word and milk of the word, proverbs is the hard candy of the word. You don’t just swallow it. You don’t just bite into it. You have to let it dissolve very slowly on your tongue.” Tim Keller The book of Proverbs opens by breaking up the plain daylight of wisdom (ḥokmâ) into its rainbow of constituent colours. Derek Kidner “For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally ...

Listen along as we begin a new series looking at the book of Proverbs.

Notes//Quotes:

Prov 1:1-7

“You’ve heard of the meat of the word and milk of the word, proverbs is the hard candy of the word. You don’t just swallow it. You don’t just bite into it. You have to let it dissolve very slowly on your tongue.” Tim Keller

The book of Proverbs opens by breaking up the plain daylight of wisdom (ḥokmâ) into its rainbow of constituent colours. Derek Kidner

“For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter.” - Yoda

I used to wonder about that myself. Thought it was a bunch of mumbo jumbo: a magical power holding together good and evil, the dark side and the light. Crazy thing is...it’s true. The Force, the Jedi. All of it. It’s all true. - Hans Solo

In my experience, when you think you understand the Force, you realize just how little you know." - Ahsoka Tano

1-9 - 10 speeches calling to heed/listen to wisdom
10-29 - Collection of all sorts of sayings
30/31 - Wisdom from Agur//Lemuel

Prov 22:6
Prov 10:15
Ecc 5:10-12

Prov 3:5-8

1 Cor 1:18-30

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