What is the purpose of gaining wisdom and knowledge? There are lots of answers to this question and many of them are here in Proverbs 1, but the one that hit me today was found in the first part of verse 4, "for giving prudence to those who are simple." Wisdom and knowledge aren't things just to be gained and hoarded away they are for sharing. It reminds me of the illustration of the two seas in Israel. The Sea of Galilee lets water in but then also releases it into the Jordan River. There is life and prosperity around the Sea of Galilee. The Dead Sea is another story. It takes in and never releases. There is death there. The water contains no life and drinking it doesn't bring life. The difference is one shares the other hoards. It's the difference between life and death. A wise person in God's economy shares.
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