Why do you suppose it is that Solomon repeats the admonition about how the partaking of Wisdom equals LongLife over and over? It must be very important. Yet so many people stop the quest for wisdom once they leave the formal schooling of their youth.
In Proverbs chapter 9 Solomon introduces Wisdom with many fine credentials and then she invites us to partake of all that she has to offer and if we do that what will we get in return? We will get multiplied days and years of added life.
Proverbs 9
Wisdom’s Invitation5 “Come, eat of my food
And drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 “Forsake your folly and live,
And proceed in the way of understanding.”11 For by me your days will be multiplied,
And years of life will be added to you.
Solomon is not inferring that we will die prematurely without an added amount of wisdom but that we will live longer if we partake of all of Wisdom’s bounty. So let me suggest that we all take some time out of each day to read or do something that will make us wiser than the day before.
And thank you for coming back to my Blog. I hope this is part of your daily harvest of Wisdom’s bounty.
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