Read Proverbs 23:12-23

This morning I would like to focus on Proverbs 23:23, "Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding."  Here we have a list of valuable items to hang on to, to store up in an abundant supply.   Truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding are virtues beyond value, none of which are for sale.   Therefore, the writer of this proverb urges his son to spend whatever is necessary to obtain truth and wisdom. Though we may buy a material possession and later sell it, the admonition here warns of never getting rid of truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding. The greater thought is of obtaining the related virtues of truth and never letting them slip away.

Do you value the things listed in verse twenty-three?  Often, I'm afraid we have a higher regard for items that are not very important.  Learn the principle taught herein and become the person God intends you to become.

Your Friend and HIS,

Pastor Abbott

MEDITATIONS

1.  Is it possible to place a value upon the truth?  Why or why not?

2.  How might one sell the truth?

3.  How can you accumulate an abundance of truth, wisdom, instruction, and understanding?

4.  How might Hebrews 2:1 be applied to Proverbs 23:23?