1st century Christianity in the 21st century
My son, hear the instruction of your father, and do not forsake the law of your mother, for they will be a graceful ornament on your head, and chains about your neck. (Proverbs 1:8-9)
My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent … My son, do not walk in the way with them, keep your foot from their path; for their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. (Proverbs 1:10, 15-16)
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Is it folly to be wise? In Proverbs 4:7, Solomon is recorded as saying, “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding.” Solomon again, in Ecclessiastes 1:18 says, “For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.” The apostle Paul writes in 1 Corinthians 1:19, “For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.” Is there a contradiction?
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