Why is wisdom considered a girl in the Bible?
Curiously Kaitlyn
Phil Vischer
4.9 • 865 Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Kaitlyn looks at why Proverbs personifies both wisdom and folly as women, how those images have often been misunderstood, and why Proverbs 31 should not be treated as an impossible checklist for Christian womanhood. She also talk about the Bible's honest account of sin's impact on men and women, the difference between wisdom and certainty, and why learning to live with unanswered questions can actually strengthen faith.
0:00 - Theme Song
1:40 - What's Up with Proverbs?
9:24 - Devaluing Women
13:20 - Sponsor - World Relief - Partner with World Relief in creating safety, stability and belonging for refugees and immigrants at https://www.worldrelief.org/KAITLYN
14:38 - The Bible Isn't a Formula
20:00 - Comfort in Uncertainty
24:31 - End Credits
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Curiously Caitlin, where we try to make theology make sense. |
| 0:06.6 | I don't know. |
| 0:10.1 | That doesn't make any sense. |
| 0:14.3 | Curiously, Kate, yeah. |
| 0:19.9 | Welcome back to another Curiously, Caitlin. I am joined once again by producer Mike. Mike, |
| 0:24.7 | how are you today? Oh, Caitlin, I'm just feeling so wise today. So wise. Wow. So wise. Wow. So there are days |
| 0:30.9 | you feel wise and days you don't feel wise. Well, we're in for a treat then today. If you feel wise. |
| 0:35.5 | Yeah, I mean, if you just want me to take over. Yeah, totally. Yeah. Here, how about we listen to the kid question and you can answer it? Got it. Here we go. In the Bible, why is wisdom considered a girl? A girl. Ooh. Okay. That's a good question. It is a good question. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, you want me to answer it? Yeah, go ahead, Mike. What do you think? I think it's because in the Bible, girls often get a good question. It is a good question. Yeah. You want me to answer it? Yeah, go ahead, Mike. |
| 0:54.6 | What do you think? |
| 0:55.1 | I think it's because in the Bible, girls often get a bad rap, you know, the whole Eve situation. So the Bible was trying to throw them a bone. Balance it out a little bit, right? If you've got to deal with the Eve and the Jezebel and that you also get. I mean, let's face it. |
| 1:08.5 | I mean, women are smarter than men. |
| 1:11.1 | I didn't say that, but I'll let you say it. |
| 1:14.6 | Okay. you also get. And I mean, let's face it, I mean, women are smarter than men. I didn't say that, |
| 1:12.0 | but I'll let you say it. All right, now that I've earned enough brownie points with my wife and all |
| 1:18.1 | other women in the world. Hello to Keelia. Caitlin, what's what where are we even going to start with? |
| 1:23.9 | I guess we should probably look at the times in the Bible when it does refer to wisdom as a girl. |
| 1:28.7 | Yes, a very good point. So there's a handful of places that this happens. A couple of the really |
| 1:34.6 | key ones, though, that we should focus in on are the first nine chapters of Proverbs. So real |
| 1:41.4 | quick recap, Book of Proverbs, a kind of a strange book, not a very straightforward book. |
| 1:45.7 | I recently read through the book of Proverbs. And people often forget, like when you think |
| 1:50.0 | Proverbs, you think, probably you think actually after Chapter 9, because that's where you start |
| 1:54.8 | getting the really, like, short, pithy little saying. So people, when they think of Proverbs, |
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