Saying 21

By wisdom a house is built,
    and through understanding it is established;
through knowledge its rooms are filled
    with rare and beautiful treasures.

Proverbs 24:3-4

We had two verses on destruction yesterday, and happily, we have two on building up. In this example we see how wisdom has with it the power or ability to build a house and establish a home; you never see these attributes mentioned with the wicked. Notice the relationship in these verses between wisdom, understanding and knowledge; they fit together like a hand in a glove. At the same time, folly, destruction, ruin and foolishness do the same.

The message in all of this is that no person needs to be a fool, and all of us may strive toward wisdom: The way there is to obtain knowledge and understanding, and then apply those wisely, all the while staying clear of fools.

If only it was as easily done as it is to say.