Proverbs 23:12-21
Apply your heart to instruction
Proverbs 23:12
and your ear to words of knowledge.
Today’s reading returns to a common theme from the early chapters of Proverbs: seeking — and passing on — wisdom. The author urges the reader (again, “my son“) to gain instruction and words of knowledge (v. 12), to have a wise heart (v. 15), to speak what is right (v. 16), and to continue in the fear of the LORD (v. 17). As we have noted before, gaining wisdom is supremely important and requires diligence, as a search for treasure.
Hear, my son, and be wise,
Proverbs 23:19
and direct your heart in the way.
Good advice, but sorely lacking in our world today.
“Gaining wisdom requires diligence.” Sounds like our daily walk in the Bible, led by the Holy Spirit through our faithful Fred and John!