Proverbs 9:10–Wisdom and Insight

Proverbs 9:10–"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight."

This is one of the recurring themes in Proverbs.  In many ways, it is the primary theme of the entire book.  I have spent a significant period of time on previous blogs dealing specifically with the concept of fear of the Lord, so for this blog I want to speak of the knowledge of the Holy One and the insight that this knowledge affords.

The insight that knowing God brings is insight of the wisest order; it is the insight to live, the ability to live wisely.  In other words, by knowing God we are blessed with something profoundly practical: the insight to live.  This is one of those sweet and beautiful components of the Christian worldview and we should never forget the joy of its reality in our lives.

Let us, then, not cease to fear the Lord and to seek to know Him more!