I am using the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.

Today, I am reading and commenting on Proverbs 1-4.

    The proverbs contained in the Book of Proverbs were compiled to teach wisdom and discipline. Studying them will give insight to the simple and increase the wisdom of the wise. Those who are truly wise lead disciplined lives and do what is right, just, and fair. On the other hand, the foolish are enticed by the wicked who promise them a shortcut to wealth by taking advantage of others. Those who seek such a path will fall into their own trap. Just look at the world around us. All of the successful cons run by con artists are based on taking advantage of those who seek to take advantage of others.

    The young will do well to listen to the advice of their parents and their elders. They were your age once and know the thoughts and opportunities which occur to the young. Listen to their advice and judge it based on how their life turned out. If their life turned out well and they advise you to make certain choices and do certain things, heed their advice carefully. On the other hand if their life turned out not so well and they advise you to avoid certain choices and things, once more, heed their advice carefully. However, if their life did not turn out well and they advise you to follow a certain course of action, carefully consider if perhaps those were the sorts of choices which led them to be where they are. By whatever means possible, from whatever source you can find, obtain wisdom and do not let it go.

    Wisdom is there for the taking, but do not wait for when things go wrong to seek wisdom. Seek it when times are good and you think there is time to act foolishly. If you act foolishly now you will discover that it is too late to apply wisdom when things have gone wrong. The path to wisdom is trusting in the Lord and not relying on your own interpretation, your own understanding, of what is right and what is wrong. God used wisdom to create this world, so we can discover wisdom by studying how it is put together.