The Bible is a book of wisdom.
From Genesis to Revelation, the verses are inspirational, educative, guiding or
cautioning. The word wisdom appears in 222 different verses of the Bible. The
most popular and referenced verse is James chapter 1 verse 5. Making reference
to the King James Version, it says; “If any of you lack wisdom, let him
ask of God, that gives to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall
be given him.” There is no excuse therefore for anyone to lack wisdom. Interestingly,
there are plenty of Christians out there who do not have wisdom and
unfortunately, do not ask for it.
Out of the books of the Bible,
Proverbs is regarded as the book of wisdom. The word is referenced in 52 verses.
It was written thoughtfully with very
encouraging and words full of wisdom from the very first chapter all the way to
last. The book particularly stresses on the need for someone to get wisdom and
keep. It even suggests that wisdom is better than any other possession one can
have including gold or riches untold. Reading from the scriptures, one will
notice that wisdom goes hand in hand with understanding. This can clearly be
seen in Proverbs 4:5, Proverbs 4:7, Proverbs 16:16 and Proverbs 19:8.
