If you are wise and understand God’s ways…
—James 3:13

So give me the wisdom I need to rule your people with justice and to know the difference between good and evil. Otherwise, how would I ever be able to rule this great people of yours?”
—1 Kings 3:9

“I will do what you have asked. I will give you more wisdom and understanding than anyone has ever had before or will ever have again. 13 I will also give you what you have not asked for: all your life you will have wealth and honor, more than that of any other king. 14 And if you obey me and keep my laws and commands, as your father David did, I will give you a long life.”
—1 Kings 3:12-14

*The Fruit of Godly Wisdom: *

1. Godly Wisdom Produces an Honorable Life

If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life…
—James 3:13

Wisdom is “skill in living righteously.”

“Knowledge—even biblical knowledge—is like sodium in raw form. Sodium can be destructive to humans…until it gets converted into a higher form: sodium chloride, or table salt. In the same way, knowledge is never an end in itself. It must be converted into a higher form—wisdom—for it to become useful and beneficial to us.”
—Wayne Cordeiro

Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
—Matthew 7:24

“When truth comes to the wise person, they adjust themselves to the truth, but when truth comes to the fool, they adjust the truth.”
—Dr. Henry Cloud

So don’t bother correcting mockers; they will only hate you. But correct the wise, and they will love you.
—Proverbs 9:8

2. Godly Wisdom Produces Humble Service

James 3:13 (NLT) – If you are wise and understand God’s ways, prove it by living an honorable life, doing good works with the humility that comes from wisdom.

James 3:14-15a (NLT) – But if you are bitterly jealous and there is selfish ambition in your heart, don’t cover up the truth with boasting and lying. 15 For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom.

James 3:15-16 (NLT) – For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.

Godly Wisdom Cultivates Healthy Relationships
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.
—James 3:17

When you talk to or respond to a friend, a family member, or even a stranger, are the words you speak…

Peace-loving
Gentle
Yielding to others
Full of mercy
Full of good deeds
Without favoritism
Always sincere