Proverbs 2:1-5

Proverbs 2:1-5

[1] My son,  if thou wilt receive  my words,  and hide  my commandments  [2] So that thou incline  thine ear  unto wisdom,  and apply  thine heart  to understanding;  [3] Yea, if thou criest  after knowledge,  and liftest up  thy voice  for understanding;  [4] If thou seekest  her as silver,  and searchest  for her as for hid treasures;  [5] Then shalt thou understand  the fear  of the LORD,  and find  the knowledge  of God. 

What does Proverbs 2:1-5 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Even though Wisdom wants people to adopt her ( Proverbs 1:20-33), she is hard to obtain. The person who wants her has to work hard for her ( Proverbs 2:3). If understanding does not come easily, one should work harder to obtain it. [1] He or she must start with Revelation , and study it diligently, in order to obtain spiritual rather than merely academic wisdom. The "fear of the Lord" emphasizes awe, and the "knowledge of God" stresses intimacy. [2]
"If you want Wisdom of Solomon , you must listen to God attentively ( Matthew 13:9), obey Him humbly ( John 7:17), ask Him sincerely ( James 1:5), and seek Him diligently ( Isaiah 55:6-7), the way a miner searches for silver and gold.
"Obtaining spiritual wisdom isn"t a once-a-week hobby, it is the daily discipline of a lifetime. But in this age of microwave ovens, fast foods, digests, and numerous "made easy" books, many people are out of the habit of daily investing time and energy in digging deep into Scripture and learning wisdom from the Lord. Thanks to television, their attention span is brief; thanks to religious entertainment that passes for worship, their spiritual appetite is feeble and spiritual knowledge isn"t "pleasant to [3] soul" ( Proverbs 2:10). It"s no wonder fewer and fewer people "take time to be holy" and more and more people fall prey to the enemies that lurk along the way." [4]