The document provides advice from a father to his son on discerning and pursuing a path that leads toward God. It encourages developing a teachable spirit, applying one's heart to understanding, and passionately pursuing insight and wisdom. Following a Godward path will result in understanding fear of the Lord, gaining God-given wisdom and knowledge, and being protected and guided in life. In contrast, the path of an "adulterous woman" who leads away from God ultimately ends in death.

2. THE “GODWARD” PATH
Father to Son –
ADVICE = Discern and pursue the kind of
knowledge, wisdom, and understanding
that steers your path Godward
(Word “path(s)” used five times in this
chapter along with “way”, “course”, and
“walk”)

3. LIVING GODWARD – THE APPROACH
• Accept my words, store up my commands –
(A teachable spirit)
• Turn ears to wisdom, apply heart to
understanding –
(An eager attitude)
• Call out for insight, cry aloud for understanding
–
(A passionate pursuit)
• Look for it as silver, search as for hidden
treasure (A conviction about value)

4. REWARDS OF LIVING GODWARD
Understand the fear of the LORD
Find the knowledge of God
God-given wisdom, knowledge, and
understanding
Success for the Upright
Shield to Those Whose Walk is Blameless
Guards the course of The Just
Protects the way of His Faithful Ones

5. OUTCOMES
Understanding of what is right, just, and fair
The pleasant satisfaction of seeing what really
matters
The kind of clarity and discretion that will protect
and guard you in risk-taking
Vss. 12 – 15: A Moral Compass that will repel the
enticements of those whose paths bend away
from living Godward and toward darkness

6. ASSUMPTION OF THE FATHER
“My teaching and influence is required for
my son to chart a Godward course”.

7. PERSONIFICATION OF THE WRONG COURSE
THE “ADULTEROUS WOMAN”
“She” is not just a literal adulterous female.
She is a characterization of the “other path” – the
one that leads away from Godward living (like a
character in a play).
Look where HER paths lead! =
DEATH!
She will be contrasted with the beautiful
character of the Woman “Wisdom”

8. THE GODWARD PATH ESTABLISHES YOU
Ways of The Good
Paths of The Righteous
Established with The Blameless and The
Upright
Contrasted with the unstable company of
The Wicked