Proverbs 8:32–36

Of the Messiah, the Personal Wisdom.

THE ORIGINS AND THE BLESSINGS OF THE PERSONAL WISDOM. — Wisdom closes this message of revelation of Himself with another admonition, v. 32. Now, therefore, hearken unto Me, O ye children; for blessed are they that keep My ways, fashioning their entire conduct in life in agreement with the instruction given in the Word of God. V. 33. Hear instruction and be wise, and refuse it not, rejecting it in foolish rebellion. V. 34. Blessed is the man that heareth Me, in willing obedience, watching daily at My gates, eager to find out more and more about the fundamental truths of true wisdom, waiting at the posts of My doors.

V.35. For whoso findeth Me findeth life, wisdom teaching him the fullness of true life, and shall obtain favor of the Lord, gaining it, bearing it away as a reward of grace.

V. 36. But he that sinneth against Me wrongeth his own soul, bringing everlasting harm upon it. All they that hate Me love death, their behavior showing that they prefer destruction, that they deliberately plunge into their own misfortune.

Christians, in seeking true wisdom, will follow the advice of the eternal Word, their Lord Jesus Christ, and thus be made wise unto salvation by faith in Him alone, 2 Tim. 3, 16. 17.