Welcome to Wisdom Today with Bill Kelley. Today we will be going over Proverb 9. I will then go over the fact that this proverb could be separated into three parts: verses 1-6; verses 7-12; and verses 13-18. However, on this podcast we are going to concentrate on verses 1-6. I will then bring up three points: 1. Wisdom has built her house - in the Bible wisdom is many times compared to an actual person. the Bible tells us that wisdom was at the very beginning of creation. I invite you to enter this into your thinking - that God wants all of us to have wisdom; 2. The meal at wisdom's banquet includes meat and wine - in Biblical times fresh meat at a banquet entitled it to be considered a feast. Wine was also found at these get togethers. Many times, women would include aromatic spices to improve the bouquet (taste) of the wine. I will then feast on a passage of scripture about 3,500 years ago is fascinating to me. Job understood the importance of having wisdom. The passage is found in Chapter 28: verses 12-28. I will read this passage in its entirety and then go over one more time verses 1-6 of Proverb 9.
