Knowledge is the accumulation of facts and data that you have learned about or experienced. It’s being aware of something, and having information. Knowledge is really about facts and ideas that we acquire through study, research, investigation, observation, or experience. Wisdom is the ability to discern and judge which aspects of that knowledge are true, right, lasting, and applicable to your life. It’s the ability to apply that knowledge to the greater scheme of life. It’s also deeper; knowing the meaning or reason; about knowing why something is, and what it means to your life. The dictionary defines wisdom as “the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting.” Knowledge is “information gained through experience, reasoning, or acquaintance.”
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One can be knowledgeable without being wise. Knowledge is knowing how to use a gun; wisdom is knowing when to use it and when to keep it holstered. Wisdom comes from experience but isn’t the true source of wisdom. In the Bible, Solomon wrote that “wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it” (Prov 7:12) and “Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city” (Prov 7:19) Wisdom leads one into the path of righteousness. Wisdom is obedience and obedience leads to righteousness.
Wisdom will take you further than knowledge because there is danger in having knowledge without wisdom. If you don’t have wisdom that goes with knowledge, you are only a walking encyclopedia. A book of knowledge is useless without the wisdom to know how to apply that knowledge. There are authors that can write a book about raising children but if they don’t have children, they don’t have the wisdom to actually raise their
One can be knowledgeable without being wise. Knowledge is knowing how to use a gun; wisdom is knowing when to use it and when to keep it holstered. Wisdom comes from experience but isn’t the true source of wisdom. In the Bible, Solomon wrote that “wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it” (Prov 7:12) and “Wisdom gives strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city” (Prov 7:19) Wisdom leads one into the path of righteousness. Wisdom is obedience and obedience leads to righteousness.
Wisdom will take you further than knowledge because there is danger in having knowledge without wisdom. If you don’t have wisdom that goes with knowledge, you are only a walking encyclopedia. A book of knowledge is useless without the wisdom to know how to apply that knowledge. There are authors that can write a book about raising children but if they don’t have children, they don’t have the wisdom to actually raise their