We need to discern our own heart, because it reveals our true intentions. We can only do this by watching over our heart as the highest priority.

Because of Christ's atonement, God is not angry with our sins. Why, then, do trials come? As a result of God's discipline - His loving training.

How do we understand the subject of God's discipline in the light of God's sovereignty? When our lives are turned upside down by trial, we need good theology to remain standing.

The Living Word commands, and demands obedience. God's Word is the only infallible standard we have to look at life, and keeping it will keep us from evil. We must stamp our worldview with truth if we are to walk without stumbling.

Our attitudes towards work and money are generally reflective of our heart. Solomon describes three paths to ruin: active ignorance, which turns into indolence, which turns into insurgency.

The choice Solomon describes for his son is between suffering for seduction, or satisfaction in marriage. One cannot have it both ways.

A true son of wisdom lives in obedience to wisdom. How do you navigate a world without God, but by wisdom that comes from God?

The end of all wisdom is to live rightly in the eyes of the Creator. A true son of God sets his heart on this wisdom.

We can only be wise when we submit to Christ, the source of all wisdom. If we take hold of God's wisdom, it will protect us.

Wisdom is displayed everywhere - she makes herself known. Man in his natural state is hostile to God, but He is the only true source of wisdom.

Solomon is writing to pass on wisdom to all who will hear. His proverbs presuppose the reader has the humility to learn, and the willingness to change.

A proverb is a compressed statement of wisdom meant to provoke deeper thought. True wisdom is truth thought, and then acted upon.

Proverbs gives us the ability to understand how God wants us to live. We need wisdom: the ability to apply knowledge to decisions which are not always clear.