Proverbs 2

 1My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

 2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;

 3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;

 4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;

 5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God.

 6For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding.

 7He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.

 8He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints.

 9Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.

 10When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

 11Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

 12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

 13Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness;

 14Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;

 15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

 16To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words;

 17Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.

 18For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead.

 19None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life.

 20That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

 21For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

 22But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it

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Those who seek after the wisdom of God; he will watch over you. wisdom is something that can save you from your darkest times. It is also God that will ultimately save you. Wisdom is not only knowledge; it is your guide, mentor, spiritual growth and most importantly your shield. Wisdom is not only in your mind, it is evident through our actions. Our words are the most powerful and destructive tools we can use. It can lead both to mental, emotional and physical distress. Why I say physical is you can openly mock someone, emotionally they are hurt and physically they will hurt themselves. Our words are not only in the moment, they can live on for years causing the same pain that it did the first time. Words are destructive, they cause far more damage than we can comprehend. With wisdom we can use our words to heal, nurture and love. That is what we are called to do in our lives as Christians. Show love to those around us through our words and actions. Only through wisdom will we use the right actions and words to have a positive impact. 

Wisdom will protect you from your very death as this chapter tells us. Making the wrong decisions will dig our graves. The actions that can lead us down that very path are disguised. As 'alien women with flattering words,' aka girls who are flirts. For the girls: in a very attractive, promising boy ... there can be trouble. Simple words can lead you astray. But how do we make sure that we make the right decisions?  Through wisdom we can see the opportunities that can take us down. Our conscious, a gift from God, is meant to protect us from the death, turmoil and trouble that awaits for us in the dark.

Stay in tune with God. His wisdom will guide you among the story line that is your life. Give him the chance, give him the glory. This chance will bring you wisdom and life.

After all... who wants a autobiography with a tragic ending?

    2^[a]That people may know skillful and godly ^[b]Wisdom and instruction, discern and comprehend the words of understanding and insight,

    3Receive instruction in wise dealing and the discipline of wise thoughtfulness, righteousness, justice, and integrity,

    4That prudence may be given to the simple, and knowledge, discretion, and discernment to the youth--

    5The wise also will hear and increase in learning, and the person of understanding will acquire skill and attain to sound counsel [so that he may be able to steer his course rightly]--^(A)

    6That people may understand a proverb and a figure of speech or an enigma with its interpretation, and the words of the wise and their dark sayings or riddles.

    7The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning and the principal and choice part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence]; but fools despise skillful and godly Wisdom, instruction, and discipline.^(B)

    8My son, hear the instruction of your father; reject not nor forsake the teaching of your mother.

    9For they are a [victor's] chaplet (garland) of grace upon your head and chains and pendants [of gold worn by kings] for your neck.

    10My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent.^(C)

    11If they say, Come with us; let us lie in wait [to shed] blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause [and show that his piety is in vain];

    12Let us swallow them up alive as does Sheol (the place of the dead), and whole, as those who go down into the pit [of the dead];

    13We shall find and take all kinds of precious goods [when our victims are put out of the way], we shall fill our houses with plunder;

    14Throw in your lot with us [they insist] and be a sworn brother and comrade; let us all have one purse in common--

    15My son, do not walk in the way with them; restrain your foot from their path;

    16For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood.

    17For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird!

    18But [when these men set a trap for others] they are lying in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.

    19So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain; such [greed for plunder] takes away the lives of its possessors.^(D)

    20^[c]Wisdom cries aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the markets;

    21She cries at the head of the noisy intersections [in the chief gathering places]; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:

    22How long, O simple ones [open to evil], will you love being simple? And the scoffers delight in scoffing and [self-confident] fools hate knowledge?

    23If you will turn (repent) and give heed to my reproof, behold, I [^[d]Wisdom] will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you.^(E)

    24Because I have called and you have refused [to answer], have stretched out my hand and no man has heeded it,^(F)

    25And you treated as nothing all my counsel and would accept none of my reproof,

    26I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when the thing comes that shall cause you terror and panic--

    27When your panic comes as a storm and desolation and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you.

    28Then will they call upon me [Wisdom] but I will not answer; they will seek me early and diligently but they will not find me.^(G)

    29Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord,^(H)

    30Would accept none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof,

    31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way and be satiated with their own devices.

    32For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the careless ease of [self-confident] fools shall destroy them.^(I)

    33But whoso hearkens to me [Wisdom] shall dwell securely and in confident trust and shall be quiet, without fear or dread of evil.

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I find the first chapter in Proverbs to be rather significant. Here it pretty much summarizes the benefits, warnings, disadvantages of wisdom. 

When you are dejecting wisdom, you are rejecting God. That's the biggest point that stands out to me. God longs for his children to be led in righteousness. The Bible is our guide, in which we need to study. We need to be saturated in the word of God. We need self discipline to put us in line with the word of God. Wisdom brings forth a sound mind. And as in book of Peter, we are not given a spirit of fear; but of love, peace and a sound mind. In order for us to be at the level that God wants us to be, we need wisdom.