Proverbs 6-9 Wisdom's character and behaviour

Ch 6-7
6v1-5  Warnings against foolish financial pledges & commitments
v6-11  Warning against laziness
v12-15  Warning against scoundrels
v16-19  Warnings about the things God hates
v20-35  Warnings against adultery

7v1-27  Warnings about the adulteress

In my life, am I haughty?  Truthful?  Murderous?  A wicked schemer?   Quick to rush into evil?  A false witness?  A stirrer of dissension?

Wisdom is alluring and beautiful - it calls out to all of us and delivers its promise, not what the adulteress does.  She calls out, promising much and only delivering pain and destruction.

Ch 8

Wisdom was brought forth by God as the first of His works.  It was appointed from eternity.  It was part of God's creation of the world and was the craftsman at God's side.  It rejoiced in the world and delighted in mankind.  Wisdom foreshadows Christ and His relationship with the Father and His involvement in the world.

Christ offers to those who follow Him life everlasting - favour from God in abundance.

Wisdom and folly contrast significantly.  One is loud, the other quiet.  Both invite us to enjoy them.  I must flee from the behaviours of the mocker and scoffer and seek the quietness and thoughtfulness of the wise.