Read Proverbs 3 here (text coming …) or at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraphs:
3:1-18 {p} The excellency of wisdom: her proceeds are life, peace, health, prosperity
3:19-35 {p} Keep wisdom and uprightness before the eyes, because of the end of the wise and the righteous, and the foolish and wicked
Pro 3:1-18 forms a Chiastic Structure:
We learned in Pro 1:7 that the fear of YHVH is the beginning of knowledge. Now the A pair teaches that fearing YHVH enough to keep His commandments is the equivalent of wisdom.
Why does YHVH care whether we know what is wisdom or not? The central axis reveals it: He loves us, and doesn’t want the end of fools to come upon us.
If there are questions, these are good resources:
The Biblical fear of YHVH – Christine Miller
Strong’s H3372, Yare, “To fear” – Christine Miller
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