Go Ask Your Parents!

Young people, if you look up Proverbs 1:8, 2:1, 3:1, 4:1-5, and Proverbs 7:1, you will find over and over again the call of a father to his son: "My son, listen…." These words, repeated as often as they are, might give us the impression that Solomon must keep calling his son back to him. This son might need to have his attention called back to the wisdom his father wishes to teach him. Or this son might need to be pursued by his father to turn him back to the wisdom that he must learn from his...