Pro 1:2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding.

Why is the book of Proverbs written? The reasons are giving in verses 2 to 4 and I quote from the Easy-to Read Version (ERV). Pro 1:2  They will help you learn to be wise, to accept correction, and to understand wise sayings.  Pro 1:3  They will teach you to develop your mind in the right way. You will learn to do what is right and to be honest and fair.  Pro 1:4  These proverbs will make even those without education smart. They will teach young people what they need to know and how to use what they have learned.  The book teaches men and women to be wise, and to live godly, honestly and righteously in this wicked world. That, even if one is not education smart, he can understand the simple instructions it is delivering because it is about how to live right and one does not need to be a rocket scientist to understand how to live right. Undoubtedly, the book of Proverbs is the most practical book in the Bible. Its instruction in the art of living has been long tried and long proven. Its instructions to women on how to be virtuous wives are still applicable today (Proverbs 31). Its instructions on bringing up children have stood the test of time and proven right (Proverbs 13:24; 19:18; 22:6, 15; 23:13, 14; 29:15). And, its instructions to men (applicable also to women) to flee temptations and instructions on conduct can be summarized in this verse written by Paul: “Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world” (Titus 2:12). The book of Proverbs is not simply a collection of wise sayings; it is instructions for living right. The “fool” in Proverbs is not someone who lacks intellectual capacity but one who rejects good counsel and chooses to live a life of self-serving: “For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof” (v.29-30). Likewise, the “wise” person in Proverbs is not someone who is intellectually superior but someone who humbly places himself beneath the authority of God: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction” (v.7). The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge - The beginning of wisdom is found in the temper of reverence and awe for God. One may be a professor but if he has no God, he is a fool. The Psalmist agrees: “The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God” (Psalm 14:1). There is no excuse for anyone that he does not know that God exists. Paul wrote: “For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse” (Romans 1:20). God says there are without excuse. “The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork,” so wrote the Psalmist (Psalmist 19:1). Christ says: “If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God” (John 7:17). True Wisdom begins with God. The book of Proverbs summarizes true wisdom as rooted in the “fear of the LORD” (Proverbs 9:10). All our knowledge must take rise from the fear of God and those who fear God will be careful in their conduct. Such wisdom is for all people everywhere. Especially the people who profess to know and love God, they are to receive such wise instructions, to base their living in the fear and worship of God, and to testify to a lost world about God’s saving wisdom. Are we living the Wisdom of God? Are we proclaiming the Wisdom of God?