When you think of someone who is wise in your life, who do you picture? Movies seem to always portray the wise person as an ancient mystic. However, when we read Proverbs, Solomon shows that the wise are people who make sound decisions. That means you and I can be wise, or at the very least make wise decisions. In the Bible, the wise are not just intellectuals or scholars. They are the ones who make godly decisions regarding their life. James 1:5 says that if any of us lack wisdom, we can ask God for it, and He’ll give it to us. Let’s ask God for wisdom in the choices we make so we can receive all God has for us.
Here are some verses on wise choices:
1. Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to others.
Proverbs 12:15 NLT
2. Instruct the wise, and they will be even wiser. Teach the righteous, and they will learn even more.
Proverbs 9:9 NLT
3. You can recognize fools by the way they give full vent to their rage and let their words fly! But the wise bite their tongues and hold back all they could say.
Proverbs 29:11 TPT
4. One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.
Proverbs 14:16 ESV
5. Scoffers set a city afire [by stirring up trouble], But wise men turn away anger [and restore order with their good judgment].
Proverbs 29:8 AMP
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Devotions by Chris Hendrix 