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Part 2a
Proverbs 9:1-6
Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn out its seven pillars. She
has prepared her meat and mixed her wine; she has also set her
table. She has sent out her maids, and she calls from the highest
point of the city. “Let all who are simple come in here!” she says to
those that lack judgement. “Come and eat my food and drink the
wine that I have mixed. Leave your simple ways and you will live;
walk in the way of understanding.”
A. Wisdom
• Wisdom stands to invite everyone
• Wisdom’s banquet brings life
• She is like the tree of life to those who embrace her.
• Happy are those who hold her tightly!
B. Folly
• sits to hook a client individually
• Folly’s meal is enticing – but
• Previous guests are all dead!
• She does not deliver what she promises!
The Lesson • the central point or core message of that passage
It should be
Embrace God’s Wisdom and make her an integral part of your
life! • An ACCUATE statement in one sentence of the HEART of the
passage that faithfully REPRESENTS its EMPHASIS (not a
3 statement of a secondary theme or idea within the passage)
• A CONCISE statement of this central point
Step 5. Suggest some Answers (not a precis of the total passage)
(either by reflection or by referring to commentaries) • A MEMORABLE statement in contemporary language
ANSWERS (not simply a repetition of part of the text)
Wisdom: the wisdom of God the Creator of a wisely ordered
universe THE HEART-BEAT of Proverbs 9:1-6
Seven: suggests perfection or simply a mark of a
Suggestion 1.
prosperous home God calls us to
Hewn out pillars: suggests effort, craftsmanship • leave our foolish ways and
Mixed wine: enjoyment, richness, complexity, subtlety of • b) come & feed on his rich wisdom, which he has gone to
wisdom great trouble to provide for us so that we may truly live, and
Wisdom’s involvement in every preparation: God’s
• c) follow his wise ways
personal care for us
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The highest point: the place of worship (e.g. where the
Temple was built)
Suggestion 2.
The simple: the naïve, ignorant and even foolish
Embrace Wisdom
The choice: the way leading to life and the foolish ways
Which is better? Suggestion 1 or suggestion 2?
(leading to death)
What are the strengths and weaknesses of
Life: authentic, lasting life, as opposed to deadness and
Suggestion 1?
eventual death
Suggestion 2?
Eating: feeding on what is provided; walking: obeying
Can you make any other Suggestion?
wisdom