7 quotes of WL in NT. Most are asking the question: How do we respond to the reality of God's judgement.
Tip #2: Gospel ethics .
The cross should use the cross not to 'let people off the hook' but to drive them on in godliness.
Proverbs 31 -> Advice to a young man on what to look for in a wife.
Chiastic structure, and the middle of the poem is v23 "Her husband is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land." (Pro 31:23 ESV)
So, the point is about what kind of wife a man is wise to look for.
What to look for? Well, there's lots of action words! A group of young men should be excited at the industriousness of a member of the opposite sex.
Point #1: she should be industrious.
Point #2: she should be fearless, of the present and the future
Point #3:
He got to be the head honcho (v23), because of her work. He married well.
Charm is often deceptive, and beauty is always fleeting.
Boaz selected his wife by his ears, rather than by his eye. Oh that we would do the same.
Lady Wisdom has been calling all through proverbs, and by proverbs 31 she has taken on flesh and blood.
Every man has a choice between Lady Folly and Lady Wisdom. Wisdom is at first not an intellectual concept, but a relational one. Response to God. (?)
How is a woman to gain the praise of the world?
She is praised because of her sacrifice. Because of her sacrifice of personal glory.
How ought a man find a wife? Find one who fears God and serves.
How ought a woman find praise from God and others? To fear God and serve.