BIBLE STUDY OF BOOK OF PROVERBS WEEK # 5 (WISDOM COMPONENT)

Wisdom:

 

What to do next: 

"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it." In essence, once we have the 'what' & the 'how', all that remains is for us to act with integrity & virtuosity & simply doing what we need to do according to God's Word.

 

 

Application:

1. the act of putting to a special use or purpose:

the application of common sense to a problem.

2. the special use or purpose to which something is put:

a technology having numerous applications never thought of by its inventors.

3. the quality of being usable for a particular purpose or in a special way; relevance:

This has no application to the case.

4. the act of requesting.

5. a written or spoken request or appeal for employment, admission, help, funds, etc.:

to file an application for admission to a university.

6. a form to be filled out by an applicant, as for a job or a driver's license.

7. close attention; persistent effort:

Application to one's studies is necessary.

 

 

Action:

1. the process or state of acting or of being active: The machine is not in action now.

2. something done or performed; act; deed.

3. an act that one consciously wills and that may be characterized by physical or mental activity: a crisis that demands action instead of debate; hoping for constructive action by the landlord.

4. actions, habitual or usual acts; conduct: He is responsible for his actions.

5. energetic activity: a man of action.

6. an exertion of power or force: the action of wind upon a ship's sails.

7. effect or influence: the action of morphine.

 

 

Prophets:

1. A person who speaks for God or a deity, or by divine inspiration.

2. A person chosen to speak for God and to guide the people of Israel:

 

Moses was the greatest of Old Testament prophets.

(Often initial capital letter): one of the Major or Minor Prophets. One of a band of ecstatic visionaries claiming divine inspiration and, according to popular belief, possessing magical powers.

3. One of a class of persons in the early church, next in order after the apostles, recognized as inspired to utter special revelations and predictions. 1 Cor. 12:28.

4. A person regarded as an inspired teacher or leader.

5. A person who foretells or predicts what is to come: a weather prophet; prophets of doom.

6. A spokesperson of some doctrine, cause, or movement.