Southview Baptist Church

Wisdom is God’s practical knowledge of how life works.

Wisdom promises we’ll do well.

Folly is all the other ways people teach to live life.

Folly claims to have found a better way.

What do their invitations mean to us?

#1 We are to live our lives according to them.
#2 We must make a choice between them.
#3 We are to listen and then choose.

Describe Woman Wisdom.

#1 She has a magnificent house.
#2 She has prepared a magnificent meal.
#3 She has set a magnificent table.

Describe Woman Folly .

#1 She is loud and undisciplined.
#2 Her meal is served on the porch.
#3 Her menu is bread and water.

What does Woman Wisdom say?

#1 Come and leave your simple ways.
Ways not influenced by wisdom.
#2 Walk in the way of understanding.
Ways that know how to handle life’s pitfalls.

What does Woman Folly say?

#1 The water she offers is stolen.
#2 You will eat her bread in secret.

This verse is in the exact middle of Proverbs?

#1 Therefore Solomon is emphasizing it.
#2 It is a “Better Than” proverb.

Which is better, wisdom or money?

#1 Sometimes you can do both.
#2 Sometimes making money interferes with gaining wisdom.

You chose wisdom.

Their fruit and yield are better.
Summary: Life is better with them.

Trouble is found in money
Wisdom & Understanding produce the Fear of the Lord.
Money brings Turmoil.

What are the odds that we all have fallen for money's folly?

Answer? Gain Wisdom and Understanding.

What helps you?