WISDOM:

Working SMART,
not HARD
KNOWLEDGE IS
NOT ENOUGH
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I instruct you in the way of wisdom
    and lead you along straight paths.
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When you walk, your steps will not be hampered;
    when you run, you will not stumble.
PROVERBS 4:11-12
What is Wisdom?
1. Knowledge
2.
Understandin
g
3. Application
 SEEKING
BIBLICALLY-BASED
KNOWLEDGE
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge”
Proverbs 1:7
 ACQUIRING AS MUCH

UNDERSTANDING
OF BIBLICALLY-BASED
KNOWLEDGE AS WE CAN
and how from infancy you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able
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to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is

God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in
righteousness, 17 so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for
every good work.
2 TIMOTHY 3:15-17
 APPLICATION
Seeking above all to please God in the way that we
think and act. As we strive to seek and please God,
there should be a WILLINGNESS to “turn at my
[wisdom’s] rebuke.” If we respond to correction, this
promise follows: “Surely I will pour out my spirit
upon you; I will make my words known to you”
(Proverbs 1:23).
 Using a dull ax requires great
strength, so sharpen the blade.
that’s the value of wisdom;

IT HELPS YOU
SUCCEED.
Ecclesiastes 10:10
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 those who are wise shall shine like the
brightness of the firmament, and … like the
stars forever and ever” Daniel 12:1-3