The Beginning of Wisdom (Proverbs 1:20-33)

John Parker, 8th May 2016
Part of the Study of Proverbs series, preached at a Fordham Sunday Service service

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1:20 Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;

1:21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
1:22 "How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
1:23 If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.
1:24 But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
1:25 since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,

1:26 I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you-
1:27 when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
1:28 "Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
1:29 Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the Lord ,
1:30 since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,

1:31 they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
1:32 For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
1:33 but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."