Proverbs 8:22-36

READ

Proverbs 8:22-36

EXPLORE

  1. What stands out to you in the text?

  2. Looking at the greater context of these verses, who is the “I” in this illustration?

  3. What does it mean that wisdom was with God before God’s work in creation? What are some implications of this?

APPLY

  1. We often look at wisdom as a way of achieving “the good life” by our accomplishments, relationships, and/or status. What is the wisdom the book of Proverbs is addressing? What is “the good life” it is pointing to?

  2. Have someone read 1 Corinthians 1:26-31

    Jesus is our wisdom. When we follow his lead, it is not our intellect, accolades, or persuasiveness that show us to be wise in The Lord, but when we trust the Spirit’s work in us, stay close to Jesus, boast in His glory instead of our own, it’s then that we find wisdom from God in Jesus.

    How can we practically seek to do this in our daily lives? What is the relationship between our personal efforts to grow in wisdom and God’s work in us?

PRAY

Take some time to pray that we might be wise in Jesus

Pray for the needs of each other and for our city

John Campbell