The Way Of Wisdom - Wisdom Series (1)

orchidee



Tune: Herongate

('It is a thing most wonderful')

Proverbs 1 v.20-23

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Wisdom calls aloud, utters voice

Come, you people, make me your choice

She* calls in the streets, and main place

Of the town, Receive me by grace

 

She says, How long, you naive ones

Naivete of daughters, sons

How long will you profess, not grow

In wisdom? I it to you show

 

How long will scorners delight in

Their scorning, now wisdom within

And how long will fools knowledge hate

I shall teach you wisdom not late

 

Turn you at my reproof**, behold

I show you wisdom, it be told

Will pout our my spirit to you

Make known my words, good shall ensue

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* 'wisdom' is personified as 'she'.

** reproof = 're-proving; showing us where and when

we go wrong. Then 'correction', showing us how to

get back on the right path.

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: June 8th, 2021 02:03
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 8.8.8.8. metre.
  • Category: Spiritual
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Comments5

  • Saxon Crow

    Good one Orchi

    • orchidee

      Thanks SC.

    • dusk arising

      The church has long been anti wisdom if people did not see things the way the church wanted it to.
      The church refuted as heresy for 300 years that the earth revolved around the sun rather than vice viersa. Typical of the hypocracy which is still entertained by major religions today.

      • orchidee

        Thanks dusk. You of 'The Three Wise Men' stock?!

        • dusk arising

          The church should make up its mind, three wise men or three kings?

          • orchidee

            Both??

            • dusk arising

              Having cake and eating it LOL myrrh

              • orchidee

                They could have been wise man AND kings. You mean 'myth' in the sense of 'a traditional story', or - wait for it - 'a widely held but false idea or belief'?! Google search gave me those meanings.
                You got cake?! lol

                • dusk arising

                  Myrrh (pronounced "mur") is an expensive spice, used for making perfume, incense, medicine, and for anointing the dead. In biblical times, myrrh was an important trade item obtained from Arabia, Abyssinia, and India. Myrrh in the Bible Myrrh frequently appears in the Old Testament, primarily as a sensuous perfume in the Song of Solomon. Gold, Frankincense and myrrh three gifts in some old story or other.

                  • orchidee

                    You got any myrrh?! You had that cake yet? Or you had it and ate it?

                  • SureshG

                    Wisdom is the link between knowledge and action, for without the understanding of one, the other cannot be accomplished, so give me “wisdom”.
                    Loved your poem

                    • orchidee

                      Thanks M.

                    • Jerry Reynolds

                      Nice rhyme scheme, Orchi.

                      • orchidee

                        Thanks Jerry.

                      • Goldfinch60

                        Wisdom can be within us all but we need to use for good.

                        Andy

                        • orchidee

                          Thanks Andy.



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