Luckily, God has given us guidance in growing in wisdom, through the study of His Holy Word, as well as a way to receive heavenly wisdom by asking for it in faith. The first sense, wisdom accrued from the study of His Word, means that we will read the Scriptures with a keen eye, focused on waht the Scriptures are saying about wisdom.
Additionally, there are three books of the Old Testament that are jointly focused on expressing the value and meaning of wisdom for humans: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job. While each have different perspectives, they each are primarily dealing with wisdom's usefulness in the life of a man and are valuable resources within Scripture for wisdom.
The other sense of wisdom involves a person directly asking God to grant them wisdom. Solomon did this (1 Kgs. 3:9), and the apostel James tells us that "If anyone lacks wisdom, let him ask God who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given to him (James 1:5)." In this way, the believer has access to all the wisdom of heaven through faith.
At the final analysis, God has given us keys to the storehouses of His wisdom. All we have to do is ask and pursue His wisdom in faith. A word of qualification is needed here. While Solomon was blessed with wisdom beyond comprehension, and was deemed the wisest man to have ever lived, he will be remembered as a man who forgot that the wisdom had not come from him but had been deposited in him by the Lord Almighty, and when he neglected that fact he fell into disbelief and unfaithfulness. Let us then seek after wisdom in our pursuit of God so that we may live a righteous life in and by Him!
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