"My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding,and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the LORD and find the knowledge of God."
Think of what is required of us to attain wisdom. Though, according to 1:20, wisdom is available to everyone, we find here that its acquisition demands labor. We must:
Accept counsel (many are to proud or wise in their own eyes),
Apply it to memory (i.e. memorize it),
Listen for it (this is an intentional process and calls for learning where and to whom to listen),
Meditate upon the truth and application of what you heard,
Pray for it,
Ask others for advice,
Long for it,
and work hard to obtain it.
How will you know if you've attained wisdom? The evidence is that you will grow in your love for and faith in God. That is the real pursuit of wisdom
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