IntroductionExodus 20:1-7The ProverbsProverbs 1:5 – acquire wise counsel; hear and increase in learningProverbs 1:7Proverbs 1:29-30 – choose the fear of the LordProverbs 2:5-6Proverbs 3:5-7Proverbs 3:13Proverbs 4:1 – hear the instruction of a fatherProverbs 4:5 – acquire wisdom and understandingProverbs 4:10 – accept my sayingsProverbs 5:1Proverbs 6:20Proverbs 8:32 – listen to wisdomProverbs 9:10 – the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdomRespect and honor for ageJames 3:17Pure: means not contaminated or pollutedPeaceable: is designed to produce peaceGentle: forbearing, equitable, patientReasonable: compliant, disposition that is agreeableMercy: full of kindness and compassionUnwavering: without partialityWithout hypocrisy: unfeigned or unpretentiousLeviticus 19:32Proverbs 23:22Job 12:12Job 8:8Proverbs 16:31Psalms 37:25-26I Timothy 5:1-2I Peter 5:5Proverbs 1:5Proverbs 12:15Proverbs 21:30Respect and honor for age’s wisdomI Kings 12:6-8From what do we learn wisdom?Age is to have this wisdom from above.Listen to wise counsel.Wisdom from above.Wisdom from failure.Wisdom from success.We want wisdom to be what we’ve already decided it is.If we don’t listen, we pay the piper.