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Part 3-Two Women are Calling

Proverbs 9:1-18; 1:20-33

Proverbs 13:20-22

He who walks with wise

men will be wise,

But the companion of

fools will be

destroyed.

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What is Wisdom?• The Skill of Living• Knowledge Rightly Applied

• Is Wisdom More Closely Related to One’s IQ or One’s EQ?

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Lady Wisdom Joni Eareckson Tada

• Quadriplegic age 17 (1967) from a diving accident.

• Artist (using her mouth)• Spokesman and advocate for

those who are disabled• Written over 70 books

– “When God Weeps: Why our suffering matter to the almighty” and “The God I Love”

• Founder and CEO of Joni and Friends

• Follower and Lover and Jesus Christ!

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Lady FollyLady Gaga

• Raised in Catholic school in NYC

• Her life is seemingly one publicity stunt after another

• Known for showing up to awards presentation in a meat dress and another time in an egg.

• Consider Folly’s description in Proverbs 9: Clamorous, simple, knows nothing!

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Big Idea:

Who’s Your Lady

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Proverbs 9:1-12Lady Wisdom

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 “Whoever 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.

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Proverbs 9:1-12Lady Wisdom

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 still wiser; 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.”

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Proverbs 9:13-18Lady Folly

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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Observation #1 - Both Ladies are crying out for your attention

Wisdom Cries Out Loudly and Publicly (1:20-22; 9:3)

Lady Folly Cries Out Loudly and Publicly (13-15)

Proverbs 1:20-21

Wisdom calls outside (חוץ )-This word is used many times in the OT, and many of these are references to where things/people were sent as an act of cleansing or punishment. (Dt. 23:13, Ju 19:25, 2 Sam. 13:18, Neh. 13:8, 2 Chron. 29:16

Raises her voice in the open squares-(רחוב)Neh. 8:1-location of the reading of the law under Nehemiah

Cries out in the concourses ( Chief places (ראש

Openings of the gates in the city (ער This was the normal place of ( שbusiness in a city (Proverbs 31:23; Ruth 4:11)

Proverbs 9:3• Sent Out Her Maidens• Cries out from the high places-places of worship

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Observation #2 - Both Ladies are making an offer

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Observation #3 – Both Ladies have prepared a meal

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Observation #4 - Both Ladies have a message to share

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Big Idea:

Who’s Your Lady

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Big Idea:

Who’s Your Lady

The question for each of us this morning is not “Who is calling” because Scripture is clear that both Wisdom and Folly are calling, but rather “Who are we listening to and following?” In a nutshell, “Who’s your Lady?”

Indeed both ladies have placed themselves in places where they can be heard, but it is the responsibility of each one to choose whom they will listen.The Bible tells us clearly that Wisdom begins with the fear of God and those that begin here will find life. Choose life this morning!