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study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Part 1 -Walking with the Wise He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

How To Read Proverbs by Tremper Longman III study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: • Amazon. com – $10. 13 hard copy – $9. 62 Kindle He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

Proverbs Overview study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: • Purpose: – To encourage his son to follow after wisdom and reject the path of the fool • Author: Solomon – Wisest person of his day (1 Kings 4: 29 -31, 34), authored more than 3, 000 proverbs (1 Kings 4: 32; Ecc. 12: 9) – Very likely Song of Solomon was written as a young man, Proverbs in his middle years and Ecclesiastes towards the end of his life. He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

Outline of Proverbs study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: • Chapters 1 -9 – Lengthy Discourses on Wisdom and Folly – Approximately 17 separate discourses – Much focus is placed upon the call of Lady Wisdom and Lady Folly for the devotion of the young man. • Chapters 10 -31 – Generally short tidbits of truth (Proverbs) that relate to everyday parts of life. He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Chapters 1 -9 Superscription (1: 1) 1. 1: 1 -7: The Purpose of the Book 2. 1: 8 -19: Avoid Evil Associations 3. 1: 20 -33: Don't Resist Woman Wisdom 4. 2: 1 -22: The Benefits of the Way of Wisdom 5. 3: 1 -12: Trust in the Lord 6. 3: 13 -20: Praising Wisdom 7. 3: 21 -35: The Integrity of Wisdom 8. 4: 1 -9: Embrace Wisdom! 9. 4: 10 -19: Stay on the Right Path 10. 4: 20 -27: Guard Your Heart 11. 5: 1 -23: Avoid Promiscuous Women; Love Your Wife 12. 6: 1 -19: Wisdom Admonitions: Loans, Laziness, Lying, and Other Topics 13. 6: 20 -35: The Danger of Adultery 14. 7: 1 -27: Avoid Promiscuous Women: Part II 15. 8: 1 -36: Wisdom's Autobiography 16. 9: 1 -6, 13 -18: The Ultimate Encounter. Wisdom or Folly 17. 9: 7 -12: Miscellaneous Wisdom Sayings (Longman III) He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Keys to Understanding Proverbs • “Running throughout Proverbs and wisdom literature in general is the idea that proverbs are not universal truths that are always relevant and rightly applied; rather, they are context-sensitive. . . Wise people know not only how to interpret the words on the page or the words spoken by other people but also how to interpret people themselves and, more broadly, the situation in which they find themselves…Wisdom is knowing the right time and the right circumstance to apply the right principle to the right person, ” Tremper Longman. • Wisdom is knowledge rightly applied! He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Keys to Understanding Proverbs • Proverbs are to be read with an understanding mind taking into account the style of writing employed and the imagery intended for the original audience. To truly understand many Proverbs one must do some historical digging to put the proverb in its historical context. He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

“A king is pleased with righteous lips; he loves honest words. ” Proverbs 16: 13 study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Parallelism – A repetition of the same idea with a more specific attention given during the second phrase – A king: the subject (not repeated) – pleased = loves – righteous lips = honest words “When the king smiles, there is life; his favor refreshes like a spring rain. ” Proverbs 16: 15 He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Anti-thetical Parallelism “A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands. Those who follow the right path fear the Lord; those who take the wrong path despise him. The proud talk of fools becomes a rod with which others beat them, but the words of the wise keep them safe. An honest witness does not lie; A false witness breathes lies” Proverbs 14: 1 -3; 5 He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Better-Than Proverbs “Better to have little with fear from the Lord than to have great treasure with inner turmoil. A bowl of soup with someone you love is better than steak with someone you hate. ” Proverbs 15: 16 -17 He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Imagery “As vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is a sluggard to those who send him. ” Proverbs 10: 26 “A beautiful woman who lacks discretion is like a gold ring in a pig’s snout. ” Proverbs 11: 22 He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

Wisdom hokma focused on more than just intellectual knowledge, but applying knowledge rightly to life. Wise hakam study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Proverbs 1: 2 -5 2 To know wisdom (hokma) and instruction (musar), To perceive(bin) the words of understanding (biynah), 3 To receive the instruction(musar) of wisdom (skl), Justice (sedeq), judgment (mispat), and equity (mesarim); 4 To give prudence (‘orma) to the simple, To the young man knowledge (da’at) and discretion (mezimma)— 5 A wise (hakam) man will hear and increase (‘asap) learning (lekah), And a man of understanding (bin) will attain wise counsel, (tahbulah) He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

• discipline/correction musar implies the threat of punishment or the application of punishment if the instruction is not obeyed. study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Proverbs 1: 2 -5 2 To know wisdom (hokma) and instruction (musar), To perceive(bin) the words of understanding (biynah), 3 To receive the instruction(musar) of wisdom (skl), Justice (sedeq), judgment (mispat), and equity (mesarim); 4 To give prudence (‘orma) to the simple, To the young man knowledge (da’at) and discretion (mezimma)— 5 A wise (hakam) man will hear and increase (‘asap) learning (lekah), And a man of understanding (bin) will attain wise counsel, (tahbulah) He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

understanding bin focused slightly more on intellectual knowledge than does wisdom knowledge da’at same as above study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Proverbs 1: 2 -5 2 To know wisdom (hokma) and instruction (musar), To perceive(bin) the words of understanding (biynah), 3 To receive the instruction(musar) of wisdom (skl), Justice (sedeq), judgment (mispat), and equity (mesarim); 4 To give prudence (‘orma) to the simple, To the young man knowledge (da’at) and discretion (mezimma)— 5 A wise (hakam) man will hear and increase (‘asap) learning (lekah), And a man of understanding (bin) will attain wise counsel, (tahbulah) He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

successful/wisdom skl to have insight- refers to the moment of recognition of the true nature of a situation. To know (yada)wisdom (hokma) and instruction (musar), To perceive(bin) the words of understanding (biynah), 3 To receive the instruction(musar) of wisdom (skl), Justice (sedeq), judgment (mispat), and equity (mesarim); 4 To give prudence (‘orma) to the simple, To the young man knowledge (da’at) and discretion (mezimma)— 5 A wise (hakam) man will hear and increase (‘asap) learning (lekah), And a man of understanding (bin) will attain wise counsel, (tahbulah) 6 To understand a proverb (mashal) and an enigma, The words of the wise (hakam) and their riddles. 2 study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Proverbs 1: 2 -5 He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

Proverbs 1: 2 -5 justice sedeq follow wisdom. judgment mispat fair/equity mesarim these three words are used to describe the actions of those that connected to the idea of a judge that makes a ruling To know (yada)wisdom (hokma) and instruction (musar), To perceive(bin) the words of understanding (biynah), 3 To receive the instruction(musar) of wisdom (skl), Justice (sedeq), judgment (mispat), and equity (mesarim); 4 To give prudence (‘orma) to the simple, To the young man knowledge (da’at) and discretion (mezimma)— 5 A wise (hakam) man will hear and increase (‘asap) learning (lekah), And a man of understanding (bin) will attain wise counsel, (tahbulah) 2 study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

Proverbs 1: 2 -5 prudence/insight ‘orma closely related to mezimma and referse to the ability to use reason to navigate the problems of life discretion mezimma ability to differentiate the right and the wrong way to handle a situation. To know (yada)wisdom (hokma) and instruction (musar), To perceive(bin) the words of understanding (biynah), 3 To receive the instruction(musar) of wisdom (skl), Justice (sedeq), judgment (mispat), and equity (mesarim); 4 To give prudence (‘orma) to the simple, To the young man knowledge (da’at) and discretion (mezimma)— 5 A wise (hakam) man will hear and increase (‘asap) learning (lekah), And a man of understanding (bin) will attain wise counsel, (tahbulah) 2 study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Proverbs 1: 2 -5 increase ‘asap increase, add to learning lekah instruction, learning, teaching wise counsel tahbulah direction, counsel-originally of rope-pulling to steer a ship 2 To know wisdom (hokma) and instruction (musar), To perceive(bin) the words of understanding (biynah), 3 To receive the instruction(musar) of wisdom (skl), Justice (sedeq), judgment (mispat), and equity (mesarim); 4 To give prudence (‘orma) to the simple, To the young man knowledge (da’at) and discretion (mezimma)— 5 A wise (hakam) man will hear and increase (‘asap) learning (lekah), And a man of understanding (bin) will attain wise counsel, (tahbulah) He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

Proverb mashal riddles hivah enigma malizah brief, terse sentence of popular sagacity riddle, enigmatic, perplexing saying or question satire, mocking poem To understand a proverb (mashal) and an enigma (malizah), The words of the wise (hakam) and their riddles (hivah). 6 study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Proverbs 1: 6 -7 The fear (yir’ah) of the Lord is the beginning (re’shiyth) of knowledge (yada), But fools (‘eviyl) despise wisdom (hokma) and instruction (musar). 7 He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20

fools ‘eviyl always a person who is morally bad despising wisdom and discipline, mockers, quarrelsome, useless to instruct him To understand a proverb (mashal) and an enigma (malizah), The words of the wise (hakam) and their riddles (hivah). 6 study of Proverbs Walking With the Wise: Proverbs 1: 6 -7 The fear (yir’ah) of the Lord is the beginning (re’shiyth) of knowledge (yada), But fools (‘eviyl) despise wisdom (hokma) and instruction (musar). 7 He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. Proverbs 13: 20