The spirit of wisdom in the bible

[Angee Licaa]

In life, sometimes we meet very clever people. They are smart, quick-witted, and seem to know everything. Almost in any matter, they can voice their suggestions. But when looking at their way of life, the decisions they make, .. we have the impression that they are not very wise. So we must understand how to be wise properly.

The Bible: “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7).

There are two differences between the boundaries of wisdom, which is worldly wisdom, and wisdom in God's ways. People often define wisdom as a way to behave, avoid bad things, and behave wisely. The wisdom of the world includes learning, being educated, or trained in schools of diplomacy, business, science, politics, lessons learned from the ancients, tricks, deceptions, and search for everything. How to win over others, and gain benefits for yourself. 

Wisdom we hear often in life in many forms. It can be through communication, writing writing, through the press... Even many wise words appear on our lips when we praise someone for making a wise decision, commending someone for being a wise person. ,...However, when asked by others what wisdom is, we fall into a state of confusion, a stalemate. Surely there will be many people who understand the wisdom in different ways of thinking, more subjective than objective. 

There are many of us who often confuse wisdom with intelligence, others understand wisdom as knowledge, others understand wisdom as skills, human talents... But if we give information, If I am wise, is anyone with a high IQ wise? Or are those who are knowledgeable in a certain field also called wise? Or even those who can play soccer and build houses are wise? Thus, being intelligent, knowledgeable, or skilled in a skill is far from wise. Jesus and lion canvas

Wisdom in God's ways is completely different. The Bible dictionary defines it: “Wisdom is the use of reasonable methods to an end or the rational use of all things. Wisdom comes from experience, and a wise man comes at a price (Job 12:12; 15:10; Eccl 14:3). In the Christian religion, a wise man is one who is skillful in the things of God.”

This wisdom is taught by the Bible. Wisdom here is not tinged with worldliness; it is not masked by the eight screens of “hypocrisy.” Scriptural wisdom is first and foremost a life that fears God; expressed through a religious life with virtues according to the commandments of God's word.

This wisdom is found abundantly in the Old Testament: “Bezalel, and Oholiab, and the wise men, whom the Lord has endowed with wisdom and understanding to do the appointed works, and to sacrifice in the holy place, all that the Lord God commanded him to do" (Exodus 36:1).

On a higher aspect, people in the world always seek wisdom in their thoughts on morality, ethics, academics, etc, and then turn them into philosophies of human civilization throughout the ages. That reflection gradually draws closer to the religions, as the key to opening the doors to finding wisdom.

The Bible teaches a lot about wisdom, especially the book of Proverbs: “The fear of the Lord begins knowledge. “But fools despise wisdom and counsel.” At the beginning of the chapter, right in verse 7, Solomon mentioned and emphasized the value of wisdom that comes from Jehovah. According to the author, the beginning of wisdom stems from the fear of God. We can understand another way, once a man fears God, he will gain wisdom. In folklore, there is a proverb that says: "In the past, there was no one as wise as Solomon, and after that, there was no one as wise as this king."

King Solomon, son of David, asked God to give him wisdom. It was the priority that this king appealed to the Lord, for he considered only God the One who: “Makes men understand wisdom and instruction, and discern words of wisdom. , to receive instruction according to wisdom and righteousness and reason and righteousness.” (Pr 1:113).

So the wise man is one who thinks about the values behind the perceptible realities. Although the search may not be achieved or the results are not very accurate, every time they think, ask questions for each problem, it will help them to explore, be active and creative in life... people like That is what is called a wise man. A wise person is one who knows how to think, knows how to stop before the hustle and bustle of life dominated by material things to look inside, look at his own life, and who knows how to get rid of the bonds of illusions. ideas and towards what brings value and meaning to life.