So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
Keeping sound wisdom and discretion gives life to the soul and grace to the neck, adorning the person with grace. It is inwardly life-giving and outwardly graceful. Wisdom and the instruction to follow its path bring life to the soul.
Wisdom and understanding are life to the soul because they are found in God's word. Through that word God is revealed, makes His will known, sanctifies people, and gives them access to Himself, for the word is spirit and life. True wisdom in its highest sense is Christ, God's gift, and cannot be attained apart from Him. Through Him the image of God is restored and people are brought into fellowship with God.
Keeping sound wisdom and discretion, the commandments, is life to the soul because the law was ordained unto life and those who keep it live by it. The law is called life not because it is life in itself but by a figure putting the cause for the effect and the means for the end, life being the fruit of keeping it. With equal propriety the same law is called death when it holds the transgressor under condemnation and causes his death. Rejecting reproof and breaking the spiritual laws of life leads instead to spiritual disease and death.
Wisdom is a preserving and protecting power for those who keep it, enabling a person to walk safely without stumbling. It guards amid the dangers and temptations of a sinful world. The promises following connect this wisdom with safe conduct, freedom from stumbling and fear, sweet sleep, and the Lord as one's confidence and protection. Keeping wisdom and knowledge brings the benefits of life and secure rest, with sleep as the most effectual physical rest.
Keeping sound wisdom and discretion gives life to the soul and grace to the neck, adorning the person with grace. It is inwardly life-giving and outwardly graceful. Wisdom and the instruction to follow its path bring life to the soul.
Wisdom and understanding are life to the soul because they are found in God's word. Through that word God is revealed, makes His will known, sanctifies people, and gives them access to Himself, for the word is spirit and life. True wisdom in its highest sense is Christ, God's gift, and cannot be attained apart from Him. Through Him the image of God is restored and people are brought into fellowship with God.
Keeping sound wisdom and discretion, the commandments, is life to the soul because the law was ordained unto life and those who keep it live by it. The law is called life not because it is life in itself but by a figure putting the cause for the effect and the means for the end, life being the fruit of keeping it. With equal propriety the same law is called death when it holds the transgressor under condemnation and causes his death. Rejecting reproof and breaking the spiritual laws of life leads instead to spiritual disease and death.
Wisdom is a preserving and protecting power for those who keep it, enabling a person to walk safely without stumbling. It guards amid the dangers and temptations of a sinful world. The promises following connect this wisdom with safe conduct, freedom from stumbling and fear, sweet sleep, and the Lord as one's confidence and protection. Keeping wisdom and knowledge brings the benefits of life and secure rest, with sleep as the most effectual physical rest.