God’s Wisdom

I Kings 3:3, 5-9 – Solomon asks for wisdom.

James 1:5-8 – It is good for us to ask for wisdom.

Proverbs chapter 1-9 – the wisdom chapters.

Proverbs 1:1-6 – The reason the proverbs of Solomon are given.

II Kings 11 – Solomon went away from God’s wisdom when he got old.

Proverbs 25:1 – The lost proverbs of Solomon found by the men of Hezekiah.

James 3:13 – Different kinds of wisdom.

1. earthly wisdom – common sense or horse sense.

   1. Psalm 32:9 (7-11) the horse has no spirit, therefore has no heavenly wisdom, nor does the horse have capacity for heavenly wisdom.

2. heavenly wisdom.

Examples of God’s wisdom

1. Proverbs 2:1-6 – How to seek for wisdom.

2. Proverbs 2:10-22 – The result of heavenly wisdom.

3. Proverbs 14:20,21 – How to treat poor neighbors

4. Proverbs 16:7 – How to make your enemies be at peace with you.

5. Proverbs 16:16 – How to be successful in this life – not by education, but by wisdom.