#PROVERBS 4 BIBLE STUDY HOW TO#

#PROVERBS 4 BIBLE STUDY HOW TO#

Without wisdom, we won’t know how to be thankful, especially when life gets difficult. Without wisdom, we can’t grasp how necessary gratitude is to our lives. Gratitude is a necessary attribute but wisdom is the most necessary attribute. Without wisdom, we can’t know how to embrace peace, especially when we’re submerged in turbulence and trauma. Without wisdom, we can’t grasp how valuable peace is to our souls. Peace is a valuable possession but wisdom is the most valuable possession. Without wisdom, we won’t know how to experience joy, especially when life’s circumstances are unpleasant and uneasy. Without wisdom, we can’t appreciate how important joy is within our hearts. Joy is an important quality but wisdom is the most important quality.

Without wisdom, we won’t know how to exercise love, especially with our enemies. Without wisdom, we can’t understand how excellent love is. Love is an excellent virtue but wisdom is the most excellent virtue. Charity is an excellent quality but it is not the principal quality. Charity is a primary virtue but it is not the principal virtue. Compared to the virtues of faith and hope, charity is greater but it is not the greatest virtue. Yes, there are places where virtues are compared to other virtues with a concluding rank as in 1 Corinthians 13:13, “And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three but the greatest of these is charity.” Indeed, charity is one of the most highly ranked virtues but it is not the principal virtue. Nowhere in God’s word is any other attribute declared more excellent than all others. Nowhere in the Bible is any other virtue declared the “principal thing.” Nowhere in Scripture is any other quality declared the most important. Today, the most important leader in a school is typically called the “Principal.”įor Solomon to declare wisdom the “principal thing,” he was declaring it the most important virtue, the most excellent of moral possessions and the chief quality available to mankind. This is why Paul the Apostle often called people in authority, “principalities” as he did in Romans 8:38. All of these references would clearly infer that the word, “principal” suggests CHIEF IMPORTANCE. In 2 Kings 25:19, a “ principal scribe” is mentioned while leaders of a city are called the “ principal men of the city” in Acts 25:23. For example, Zabud is referred to as the “ principal officer” in 1 Kings 4:5 while shepherds, or priests are called the “ principal of the flock” in Jeremiah 25:34. There are other instances in which this word is used throughout the Bible and in case someone didn’t know the pure meaning of the word, these other references would define it for them. This is the only verse where Solomon used the word, “principal” in any of his Biblical writings. It is the use of the word, “principal” that makes this verse stand out among all other verses in the book. We have arrived at my favorite verse in the book of Proverbs and in all of the Holy Scriptures.

Proverbs 4 bible study