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The escalating growth of our technological knowledge in the last century has been nothing short of breathtaking—but has it rendered us wiser? Or godlier? We have lost something priceless, and seem to be trying to replace it with more and more information. We need wisdom! Communications technology leaves us no rest to work things out: mostly we just react, and worry, and fail—and react again. We...

ability to protect its possessor from the harm brought on by foolishly proceeding with an ill-advised plan (cf. Prov. 2:11; 3:21).11 Positively, ‘discretion’ is the ability to form a practical plan of action and work it to its end.12 The proverbs instill common sense. Not only do the impressionable and immature (v. 4) benefit from the proverbs, but also the one already possessing a degree of
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