James 1:5-8

If, not when. This refers to when we figure out we don’t have wisdom.

James 3:13-18 – There are several different kinds of wisdom.

Definition of wisdom: The application of knowledge.

Definition of knowledge: the accumulation of facts.

How to I get wisdom?

God gives wisdom through His Word – and His Word is the Bible.

The book of Proverbs hardly has a chapter that doesn’t have the word "wisdom" in it.

God gave Solomon wisdom because he asked.

I Kings 3:1-15 – the granting of Solomon’s request for wisdom.

I Kings 3:16-28 – Wisdom showed to all by discovering the mother of the living child.

I Kings 4:29-34 – Some explanations concerning the wisdom of Solomon.

I Kings 5:12 – More explanations of the wisdom of Solomon.