Wildswanderer
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Go to the ant, you sluggard;Wisdom? No. It's anxiety.
WWJD, you might ask as a Christian?
25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:
29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Now, you would think you'd call the above "wisdom". It seems to be in quite the stark contrast with what you think is wisdom.
Read the above passage, and you answer that for yourself.
consider its ways and be wise!
7 It has no commander,
no overseer or ruler,
8 yet it stores its provisions in summer
and gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long will you lie there, you sluggard?
When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber,
a little folding of the hands to rest—
11 and poverty will come on you like a thief
and scarcity like an armed man.
Proverbs 6:6-11
The verse you quote are about God's provision, it's not telling us to abandon wisdom and just be lazy.
Here's what Billy Graham had to say about that passage:
"In fact, the Bible urges us to be careful in planning our lives and to save for the future. It says, “A simple man believes anything, but a prudent man gives thought to his steps” (Proverbs 14:15).
Perhaps you are thinking of Jesus’ words in the Sermon on the Mount: “Take therefore no thought for the morrow” (Matthew 6:34, KJV). But that is an older translation, and over the years our English language has changed; the phrase “take no thought” no longer means what it once did. Most modern translations of the Bible put it like this: “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow” (NIV).
In other words, Jesus wasn’t telling us not to plan ahead. Instead, He was telling us not to worry about the things of this life and become preoccupied with them. We are to put Christ first instead of things and learn to trust God for our daily needs."
10. Psalm 144:1 “Praise the Lord, who is my rock. He trains my hands for war and gives my fingers skill for battle.”
11. Psalm 18:34 “He trains my hands for battle; he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.”