The Wisdom Of Solomon

The religions and philosophies of the world offer us much food for thought and reflection. This 5 minute recording is from the Wisdom of Solomon in the Jewish tradition. It encourages us to seek and to have a love of Wisdom.

Transcript

Dear friends,

All the world's great religions and philosophies offer us food for thought and reflection.

For this reflection I'm offering you something from the Jewish tradition,

From the wisdom of Solomon.

Wisdom is radiant and unfading,

And she is easily discerned by those who love her and is found by those who seek her.

She hastens to make herself known to those who deserve her.

One who rises early to seek her will have no difficulty,

For she will be found sitting at the gate.

To fix one's thoughts on her is perfect understanding,

And one who is vigilant on her account will soon be free from care,

Because she goes about seeking those worthy of her,

And she graciously appears to them in their paths and meets them in every thought.

The beginning of wisdom is the most sincere desire for instruction,

And concern for instruction is love of her,

And love of her is the keeping of her laws,

And giving heed to her laws is assurance of immortality,

And immortality brings one nearer to God.

So the desire for wisdom leads to a kingdom.

Therefore if you delight in thrones and scepters or monarchs over the peoples,

Honour wisdom,

So that you may reign forever.

I will tell you what wisdom is and how she came to be,

And I will hide no secrets from you,

But I will trace her course from the beginning of creation and make knowledge of her clear,

And I will not pass by the truth,

Nor will I travel in the company of sickly envy,

For envy does not associate with wisdom.

The multitude of the wise is the salvation of the world,

And a sensible king is the stability of any people.

Therefore be instructed by my words,

And you will profit.

I also am mortal like everyone else,

A descendant of the first formed child of earth,

And in the womb of a mother I was moulded into flesh,

Within the period of ten months,

Compacted with blood,

From the seed of a man and the pleasure of marriage.

And when I was born I began to breathe the common air,

And fell upon the kindred earth.

My first sound was a cry,

As is true of all.

I was nursed with care in swaddling clothes,

For no king has had a different beginning of existence.

There is for all one entrance into life and one way out.

Therefore I prayed,

And understanding was given me.

I called on God,

And the spirit of wisdom came to me.

I preferred her to scepters and thrones,

And I accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with her.

Neither did I liken to her any precious gem,

Because all gold is but a little sand in her sight,

And silver will be accounted as clay before her.

I loved her more than health and beauty,

And I choose to have her rather than light,

Because her radiance never ceases.

All good things came to me along with her,

And in her hands uncounted wealth.

I rejoiced in them all,

Because wisdom leads them,

But I did not know that she was their mother.

I learned without guile,

And I impart without grudging.

I do not hide her wealth,

For it is an unfailing treasure for mortals.

Those who get it obtain friendship with God,

Commended for the gifts that come from instruction.

Words of reflection there from the Wisdom of Solomon in the Jewish tradition.

Namaste.

Reviews

Beautiful insight indeed! 👏🏽 Thank you Tony for your wisdom, as always. 🙏🏽🩵🩵🩶✨🩷💫

What a profound reflect up m. Thank you for this gift. 🙏

Words of wisdom spoken with calm understanding by you
Thank you Tony namaste 🙏🏻🖖🙏🏻🇨🇦

Everything from Tony Brady is wonderful! I am grateful.

I love how Tony taps into all varieties of wisdom teachings! Today, this is from Solomon. The “wisest man of all.” I’ve read his teachings before, but hearing Tony read it struck me that Solomon used the feminine pronoun for Wisdom. And I am intrigued that embracing Wisdom will bring immortality. Surely not like Solomon, so it must be that connection with the energy of Wisdom is immortal. And finally, it struck me that envy does not keep company with Wisdom. What a helpful clue to guide me in the pursuit of Wisdom.
Thank you for sharing such nourishing food for my soul, Tony.

That was deeply beautiful. I always learn from Tony's talks and feel my heart get bigger and more spacious 💞🕊

As always, a pleasure to listen to you Tony. Thank you so very much.

A helpful reminder that wisdom travels down through the years. Go raibh maith agat Tony for this piece of wisdom. ☘️👏🏼🎼📚🎼

Wonderful to hear wisdom from Solomon, thanks Tony

As always- insightful and learned something new. Thank you so much!

All my years of Catholic school, and I’d never heard that passage or had it assigned as an Old Testament reading! Very beautiful and descriptive, and true! Thanks for choosing to present it, Tony!
Donna

Thank you Bradley for this words of reflection. I'm grateful ♥️♥️🌻