SUMMARY
Walk in the way of wisdomWisdom encompasses the qualities of experience, knowledge, and good judgment. The Old Testament book of Proverbs, which sometimes invokes a Woman as the personification of Wisdom, is a collection of aphorisms and moral teachings. Along with other biblical passages, it teaches, "The fear of the... More, on the right path.
ANALYSIS
The idea of walking on the right path as a central teaching of wisdom is the major metaphor found in these verses. (See “Taking the Right Path/ Walking the Way” entry in Theological Themes in Proverbs.) These verses repeat a number of words which are central to this metaphor, including the way, the path, walk, step, run, stumble, go, feet, and swerve.
