Mature Wisdom

Prov 8:13 - All who fear the Lord will hate evil. Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech.

We learn early in Proverbs that the fear (or reverence) of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom.

Prov 8:13 says that all who fear the Lord hate evil (corruption). So those beginning their journey towards finding wisdom, evidenced by their reverence of God, are instinctively repulsed by evil.

However, wisdom says, according to Prov 8:13, "I not only hate evil, but I hate pride, arrogance and perverse speech". Newborn wisdom hates evil. Mature wisdom hates pride, arrogance, evil and perverse speech.

You can tell how mature someone is by the way they act. Do they have a potty-mouth? Are they always gossiping about someone? Are they self-absorbed? Arrogant and condescending? If so, they're still learning wisdom.