Proverbs 24:3-4 — Wise Saying #21

READ THIS: Proverbs 24:3-4, Wise Saying #21

3 By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; 4 through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures.

WHAT’S THIS MEAN, ANYWAY?

We've got three different things going on here: wisdom, understanding, and knowledge. I tend to use those three interchangeably, but these verses teach us more about what those words mean through the analogy of a house.

So, first, wisdom builds the house. Building a house requires knowing how to build it and having the materials to build. Then, understanding establishes it. Something that is established is something that is kind of set in stone...it won't just fade away quickly. It is there to stay. Finally, knowledge fills up the home with beautiful things (that sometimes we don't see how they're useful but they're still good to have)!

So…wisdom is knowing what to do with what you have (knowledge plus action). Understanding is being able to know what will last long term (knowledge plus time). Knowledge is just facts that sometimes we can use and sometimes we can’t, but we definitely need for wisdom and understanding!

THINK ABOUT IT:

1. Which area do you think you’re the best and worst at between knowledge, wisdom, and understanding?

2. When’s a time when you’ve used all three areas to do something? 

TRY THIS:
 
Draw a little house somewhere and represent knowledge, wisdom, and understanding somehow on it!

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