1 Wisdom has built her house; she has hewn her seven pillars.
2 She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table.
3 She has sent out her young women to call from the highest places in the town,
4 "Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks sense she says,
5 "Come, eat of my bread and drink of the wine I have mixed.
6 Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight."
The house is sturdy, the feast is plenty, and the call has been made. The importance of wisdom has been belabored in the Proverbs, but yet there are many who don't come. At first glance it seems they aren't invited. Wisdom's helpers only call out to the simple. Then I'm reminded of the theme throughout the Bible. God pursues the poor, the needy, the enslaved. Not because they are in the most need, but because they are the most willing. A tax collector knows his sin, a pharisee does not. Wisdom calls out to the simple because the proud won't accept.
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