Proverbs 6:1-11
Warning Against Laziness
Proverbs 6:12-19
The Description Of a Person Who Stirs up Strife
Proverbs 6:20-35
Instruction About The Tragedy of Adultery
Proverbs 7:1-9
The Son is Exhorted to Heed The Father’s Teaching
Proverbs 7:10-18
How Naive Can You Get?
Proverbs 7:19-27
Lives Are Easily Wrecked by Immorality
Proverbs 8:1-11
Wisdom Offers Her Service to All
Proverbs 8:12-21
Characteristics of Wisdom That Can Become Ours
Proverbs 8:22-36
The Involvement of Wisdom in Creation
Proverbs 9:1-12
The Way of Wisdom
Proverbs 9:13-18
The Way of Folly
Proverbs 10:1-10
How to Redeem The Time
Proverbs 10:11-16
Contrasts in Life
Proverbs 10:17-24
Discipline Brings Quality to Life
Proverbs 10:25-32
The Contrast of Righteousness And Wickedness
Proverbs 11:1-5
The Lord Hates Dishonesty And Pride
Proverbs 11:6-11
A Hyprocrite is Ready to Falsely Accuse
Proverbs 11:12-15
A Discussion of Community Relationships
Proverbs 11:16-21
Wealth is Very Inferior to Honor
Proverbs 11:22-25
All we Really Have is What we Give
Proverbs 11:26-31
Only The Righteous Have a Secure Future
Proverbs 12:1-5
Right Thoughts Result in Right Actions
Proverbs 12:6-10
Our Chief Aim Should Be to Build Others up
Proverbs 12:11-16
Wicked Words Are The Product of An Evil Heart
The Way of Folly
Proverbs 9:13–18
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Wisdom and folly are depicted by two female characters in this chapter. First wisdom is seen as a queen in a fine house attended by her maidens. Both make invitations. Wisdom’s invitation (vv. 1-6) and Folly’s invitation (vv. 13-18). Wisdom prepares a lovely banquet which is held at the highest point of the city (vv. 2-3). Folly is portrayed as a harlot who uses sexual immorality to attract as she also calls from the highest point of the city.
Folly follows the path of the foolish, clamorous woman who prepares a feast of “stolen waters” and “bread eaten in secret” (v. 17). Sin is no less anxious to destroy than wisdom is to save. Both have attractive offerings but how opposite are the consequences. Folly yields habits that cannot be broken and ends with destruction of soul and body in hell forever.
Folly offers immediate gratification whereas wisdom offers long-term satisfaction. In this passage it is pointed out that wisdom and folly result in either life or death. Almost every verse in the remainder of Proverbs points to one or both of these paths and their consequences.
Application
It would be good for me to make a list some of the benefits of listening to wisdom. Then I need to list some of the consequences of not listening to wisdom. What are some things I could do as a husband and dad to increase my wisdom.
Proverbs 9:13-18 (English Standard Version)
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