Bible advice for living: Wisdom exalts her children and helps those who seek her. Ben Sira 4:11

The Bible read regularly illuminates man's reason with its wisdom, because good intentions are not enough and education is needed to achieve good living and success in life.
And the sapiential books like Wisdom, Proverbs, and Ben Sira are books dedicated especially to that, to instruct men in the most mysterious, profound, and noble science, that science that has accompanied God from the beginning of creation itself. A science that for the sensible man is a blessing, but for the fool it is a heavy burden that must be gotten rid of quickly.
The use or forgetfulness of this science has been present since the beginning of the Bible itself, since Cain killed his brother Abel out of envy and jealousy. When Cain conceived sin in his soul God spoke to him with wisdom, but Cain rejected her, murdered his brother and was condemned, receiving a curse and a mark for the rest of his life, as told in the Book of Genesis.
Joseph, one of Abraham's sons, recognized her from his childhood and received her in dreams, and she, the eternal wisdom of God, marked the path for him despite the difficulties; and so, Joseph went from being a slave in Egypt to being Pharaoh's vizier, the second in command in this ancient kingdom.
King Solomon received her in the sacred place of Gibeon, when he asked God for a heart that knows how to listen; and thus with her, divine wisdom, great riches, fame, longevity, and peace also came to him.
This is why the master of wisdom Ben Sira summarized all these stories in a very important advice: "Wisdom exalts her children and helps those who seek her" Ben Sira 4:11. Wisdom is ultimately the origin of all blessings for man, but it is up to truly intelligent men to find her.

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