The Beginning Of Knowledge

The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:

For learning about wisdom and instruction, for understanding words of insight, for gaining instruction in wise dealing, righteousness, justice, and equity; to teach shrewdness to the simple, knowledge and prudence to the young – let the wise also hear and gain in learning, and the discerning acquire skill, to understand a proverb and a figure, the words of the wise and their riddles.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Hear, my child, your father’s instruction, and do not reject your mother’s teaching; for they are a fair garland for your head and pendants for your neck.

Proverbs 1:1-9

Proverbs mirrors the kind of mentoring a father gives to his son, or a mother gives to her daughter.

Proverbs mirrors the mentoring of an adult to a child in facing life’s challenges and rewards.

How God-honoring it would be if more couples began their married lives together with an attitude that heeded the wisdom of those who walked the path before them.

He is truly wise who gains his wisdom from the experience of others.

Our Daily Bread – June 27, 2009