Day 2 God
offers wisdom to those who want it and ask for it. But true wisdom is
not for the casual seeker. It is for
those who search after it with all their heart, soaking up God's Truth like a
sponge, diligently applying what they've learned.
Pastor Chris’ Paraphrase of
Proverbs 2:1-8
If you listen to what I
say, child, and hold on to these truths in your heart, if you pay attention
to my wisdom and really want to understand, if you beg for more insight and
really try to get it, if it’s as important to you as silver, like going on a
treasure hunt, then you'll get to know God and be awestruck by the Lord.
The Lord makes us wise; He
gives truth and understanding. He fills good people with dependable
wisdom. He protects the innocent and
maintains the road to justice, keeping his dedicated, godly people safe.
If you want to be wise, seek God with all
your heart. As Jesus said in Matthew 7:7, "Keep on asking, and you
will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on
knocking, and the door will be opened to you."
Prayer
"Father in Heaven, make us hungry for
wisdom that we may be persistent and determined as we seek You and the wisdom
You want us to have. In Jesus name, we ask. Amen."
Read Proverbs Chapter 2
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New American Standard Bible
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Pastor Chris’ Paraphrase
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Proverbs 2
The Pursuit of Wisdom Brings Security
1 My son, if you will receive my words
And treasure my
commandments within you,
2 Make your ear attentive to wisdom,
Incline your heart to
understanding;
3 For if you cry for discernment,
4 If you seek her as silver
And search for her as
for hidden treasures;
5 Then you will discern the fear of the Lord
And discover the
knowledge of God.
6 For the Lord gives wisdom;
From His mouth come
knowledge and understanding.
7 He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity,
8 Guarding the paths of justice,
And He preserves the
way of His godly ones.
9 Then you will discern righteousness and
justice
And equity and
every good course.
10 For wisdom will enter your heart
And knowledge will be
pleasant to your soul;
11 Discretion will guard you,
Understanding will
watch over you,
12 To deliver you from the way of evil,
From the man who
speaks perverse things;
13 From those who leave the paths of uprightness
To walk in the ways of
darkness;
14 Who delight in doing evil
And rejoice in the
perversity of evil;
15 Whose paths are crooked,
And who are devious in
their ways;
16 To deliver you from the strange woman,
17 That leaves the companion of her youth
And forgets the
covenant of her God;
19 None who go to her return again,
Nor do they reach the
paths of life.
20 So you will walk in the way of good men
And keep to the paths
of the righteous.
And the blameless will
remain in it;
22 But the wicked will be cut off from the land
And the treacherous
will be uprooted from it.
Footnotes:
1.
Proverbs 2:3 Lit Give
2.
Proverbs 2:16 Lit strange woman
3.
Proverbs 2:18 Lit bows down
4.
Proverbs 2:18 Lit departed spirits
5.
Proverbs 2:21 Or dwell
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Proverbs 2
The Value of Wisdom
1-5 If you listen to
what I say, child, and hold on to these truths in your heart, if you pay
attention to my wisdom and really want to understand, if you beg for more
insight and really try to get it, if it’s as important to you as silver, like
going on a treasure hunt, then you'll get to know God and be awestruck by the
Lord.
6-8 The Lord makes us
wise; He gives truth and understanding. He fills good people with
dependable wisdom. He protects the
innocent and maintains the road to justice, keeping his dedicated, godly
people safe.
9-11 All this helps
you understand the right way to live, justice and equality, and all that’s
good, because wisdom fills your heart and you’ll love knowing the way things
really are; you will make good decisions and your understand how to be safe.
12-15 It will steer
you clear of people who would hurt you, speaking their lies and corrupting
the truth, who refuse to do what’s right and prefer darkness to light; they
love to do evil and revel in dark perversions. They’re always devious
crooks in every way.
13-19 You won’t get
hurt by some crazy woman with no morals who cheats because nothing is sacred
to her; she seems so alluring, but she’ll do you in; she walks a dark, dark
path. Those who go with her never come back. Their doomed.
20-22 So stay on the
right path. Don’t wander off course, because good people will live in a
good land and those who stay clean will endure. But bad people will get
kicked out and those who cheat and deceive will be torn away.
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