I love those who love me, and those who seek me diligently will find me. Riches and honor are with me, enduring riches and righteousness. My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, and my revenue than choice silver. I traverse the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of justice, that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, that I may fill their treasuries.
Who does wisdom love? Those that love her. Who finds wisdom? Those who seek her diligently. Loving wisdom goes hand in hand with seeking wisdom. A young man in love with a young lady will seek to be around her and to know everything about her. He rearranges his schedule to spend as much time as possible with her because he loves her. That is how we should love wisdom. We study wisdom (the Word of God) diligently. We schedule times to be alone with the Word of God so we can study and know all we can about it. The more you grow to love wisdom, the less of a chore and more of a pleasure this will be. A young lover would never say it is a chore to be around the one he delights in, and neither will you when you learn to delight in wisdom.
The rewards of wisdom are immense: riches – enduring riches, honor, and righteousness. The fruit of wisdom is better than the finest gold and the choicest silver! Wow! How can that be? The riches of wisdom are not earthly, or material, wealth. It is spiritual treasure and heavenly riches. “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.” (Matthew 6:19-20)This spiritual wealth can be passed onto offspring through a godly heritage. This is the greatest treasure that can be passed on to children & seeing their children walking with the Lord is the greatest joy a parent can receive. (3 John 1:4) Both of these beat gold and silver hands down!
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Related Scriptures: Proverbs 3:16; 4:7-9; Matthew 6:33; Philippians 3:8-9
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Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. – Plato
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