Proverbs 3:13-26 Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding.… Here are described the effects of wisdom upon the honour and happiness of human life. I. IN EVERY PERIOD OF LIFE THE ACQUISITION OF KNOWLEDGE IS ONE OF THE MOST PLEASING EMPLOYMENTS OF THE HUMAN MIND. In youth there are circumstances which make it productive of higher enjoyment. II. THE PURSUITS OF KNOWLEDGE LEAD NOT ONLY TO HAPPINESS, BUT ALSO TO HONOUR. To excel in the higher attainments of knowledge, to be distinguished in those greater pursuits which have commanded the attention and exhausted the abilities of the wise in every former age is perhaps of all the distinctions of human understanding the most honourable and grateful. III. KNOWLEDGE IS AT BEST ONLY A MEANS TO AN END. Knowledge of every kind supposes some use to which it is to be applied. 1. To illustrate the wisdom and goodness of the Father of nature. 2. To secure the welfare of humanity. The benevolence of knowledge is of a kind as extensive as the race of man, and as permanent as the existence of society. 3. To improve our own minds. (Archibald Alison, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.WEB: Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. |
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