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Words by God/Music by Doug Schroeder
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January 09, 2025
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MP3 4.7 MB • 192 kbps • 3:24
Story behind the song
The first ten verses were composed on 8/9/2024. They were the Old Testament lectionary reading for most Lutheran, Catholic, and Presbyterian churches for 8/18/2024. The message of this chapter of Proverbs is in contrast to the latter part of Proverbs 7, where a prostitute is calling out to a foolish man and luring him to his destruction. Here, wisdom is calling out to anyone who will heed. Instead of the extremely harmful things the prostitute offers, wisdom offers life, knowledge, and understanding. It is wisdom to follow the ways of the Lord, the author of life and giver of all good things. I added music for the last eight verses of the chapter on 1/9/2025 as part of my project of composing music for all of Proverbs.
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1 Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars; 2 she has slaughtered her meat, she has mixed her wine, she has also furnished her table. 3 She has sent out her maidens, she cries out from the highest places of the city, 4 Who-ever is simple, let him turn in here!" As for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, 5 "Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.6 Forsake foolishness and live, and go in the way of understanding. 7 "He who corrects a scoffer gets shame for himself, and he who rebukes a wicked man only harms himself. 8 Do not correct a scoffer, lest he hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. 9 Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. 10 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 11 For by me your days will be multiplied, and years of life will be added to you. 12 If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, and if you scoff, you will bear it alone. 13 A foolish woman is clamorous; she is simple, and knows nothing. 14 For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat by the highest places of the city, 15 To call to those who pass by, who go straight on their way: 16 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here"; and as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, 17 "Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 18 But he does not know that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of hell.
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