Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still.

Proverbs chapter 9 verse 9

Welcome to this daily encouragement from our daily bread.

Remaining teachable in God was written by Karen Pimpo and read by Tony Collier.

Proverbs chapter 9 verses 1 through 6 and 13 and read by Tony Collier.

Proverbs chapter 9 verses 1 through 6 and 13 through 18.

Wisdom has built her house. She has set up its seven pillars.

She has prepared her meat and mixed her wine. She has also set her table. She has sent out her servants,

and she calls from the highest point of the city. Let all who are simple come to my house.

To those who have no sense, she says, come, eat my food, and drink the wine I have mixed.

Leave your simple ways, and you will live. Walk in the way of insight. Now picking up at verses 13 through 18. Folly is an unruly woman. She is simple and knows nothing.

She sits at the door of her house on a seat at the highest point of the city, calling out to those who pass by, who go straight on their way. Let all who are simple come to my house. To those who have no sense, she says, stolen water is sweet, food eaten in secret is delicious. But little do they know that the dead are there,

that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.

Remaining teachable in God.

After Kat learned she was pregnant, she dropped out of high school to care for her daughter. Fifteen years later,

Kat was a working mother of three who dreamed of becoming a licensed beautician. With humility

and tenacity, she became a student again in a free GED support program. It was humbling

to go back to school after so long.

This program changed my life, Kat said.

My teacher was amazing and offered so much encouragement.

Remaining teachable may be one of the most difficult things we can do.

The Bible speaks of having a teachable heart that's open to God's wisdom.

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