They have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

I am just loving the OT these days, I am talking about Ex,Deut,Lev,Numbers. You cannot swing a dead cat by the tail in here without hitting Gods merciful loving kindness. That God may be glorified....

We have the entire book of proverbs exhorting us to get wisdom.

7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. Prov 4:6-9 (KJV)

11 For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. Prov 8:11 (KJV)

A lot of the book gives examples of wisdom from and for specific situations.

Isaiah too exalts wisdom.

6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. Isaiah 33:5-6 (KJV)

So what can we focus on in a tangible manner to move us into understanding wisdom, grasping it, embracing it, to be able to meditate on it. Job asks too.

12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Job 28:11-12 (KJV)

20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? 21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. Job 28:20-21 (KJV)

Job knew where to start.

28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. Job 28:27-28 (KJV)

Proverbs and Psalms reinforces this first step.

33 The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility. Prov 15:33 (KJV)

10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. Psalms 111:10 (KJV)

But so far I can only find one place in the Word where God gives us something to specifically grasp, embrace, something to meditate on, the mother load as it were, so you could make those specific applications as Solomon does. Something that shows us how we should behave as a componant of having a fear of the Lord and where the Word says this is your wisdom….

deut4:6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Here it is in context...

1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. ….5 Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 6 Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. 7 For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? 9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; 10 Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. 11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. 12 And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. 13 And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. 14 And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. Deut 4:1-14 (KJV)


9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? Jer 8:8-9 (KJV)

Anyone know of different passage where God says... here, grab a hold of this, this is wisdom. (?!?)