Proverbs: The Prize of Wisdom

Today, we continue our study of Proverbs. We will be looking at how wisdom is a prize to be proud of.

⁸ Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

⁹ They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.

Proverbs 1:8-9

In this passage, we read about what's to be desired or sought after - what is wise.We've already looked at verse 8, but verse 9 tells us a little more about the value of the wisdom that fathers and mothers pass on to their children.

Discussion questions

• A garland was something like a crown made of flowers or of a laurel leaves
• A chain might be something like a necklace or a medal hung around your neck
• This makes me think of athletes winning at the Olympics. They would have a laurel wreath (or garland) placed on their head and a medal hung around their neck
• These are things that you would be proud to wear. Can you think of anything that you would be proud to wear?
• Do you think "wearing" the wisdom and lessons passed on by your mother and father is a good thing?
• Do you think that "wearing" the wisdom and lessons passed on by your mother and father is fulfilling the commandment to honor your father and mother?
• That commandment promises "...that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you." Do you think this is can come from living wisely?
• Based on what we have studied today, what do you think you should do?