What the Bible says about Wisdom as Right Doing
(From Forerunner Commentary)

Ecclesiastes 2:22-24 Solomon, knowing the human condition was a result of God's purpose, reveals that men can receive something good from his toilsome lot. Verse 26 lists three virtues we can derive from our labors: "For God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy to a man who is good in His sight; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and collecting, that he may give to him who is good before God." A person who combines his work with a relationship with God will receive growth in character! On the other hand, a sinner, cut off from God, must endure the drudgery of the struggle, and the rewards of his work would eventually benefit the righteous, not himself! Richard T. Ritenbaugh The First Prophecy (Part Three) Related Topics: Building Character | Character | Character, Building | Relationship with God | Wisdom | Wisdom as Right Doing | Work Ethic | Work, Hard

Ezekiel 28:16-17 God had made him perfect in wisdom, had He not? But Helel, who became Satan, corrupted that wisdom. In biblical terms, wisdom is the actual doing of righteousness. What happened in this situation was that Helel's doings, actions, behaviors, became corrupted. He should have known better because God had given him that wisdom. Early on, he had acted in wisdom, but his competitive attitude, his discontent, his pride, caused him to pervert his way of life. Richard T. Ritenbaugh Countering Presumptuousness Related Topics: Competition | Competitive Attitude | Competitive Spirit | Competitiveness | Corrupted Wisdom | Discontent | Helel | Pride | Wisdom as Right Doing

1 John 5:16-17 The concept in these two verses provides a foundation for showing that the Bible clearly categorizes sin in a number of different ways. First, we must define a few terms. Psalm 119:172 says, "All Your commandments are righteousness." What does the word righteousness mean? It is an Old English word that we still use today, especially in religion. It is slowly being replaced by the word rectitude. Righteousness is a combination of two words, right, meaning "correct," and wise, although it is not spelled anything like our modern word wise. Wisdom is "right application," that is, "right doing." Righteousness, then is "right doing." "All Your commandments are right doing." All unrighteousness—all wrongdoing—is sin. I John 3:4 reads, "Sin is the transgression of the law." We need to define transgression. Transgress means "to go beyond the limit," "to violate," giving us a broad foundation for understanding this. Sin, then, can be defined as "going beyond the limit of what the law allows." Righteousness is applying the law's letter and/or its intent! Quite a number of words—Hebrew and Greek—are translated into this single English word sin. A general element that is present in all sin, regardless of which word is used, is failure. Sin equals failure. It is failure to apply or to live up to the standard of what is right. This is why John says that all wrongdoing is failure, but some failure is much more serious than others. John W. Ritenbaugh The Covenants, Grace, and Law (Part Sixteen) Related Topics: Failure | Failure to Live up to Standards | Hamartia | Letter of the Law | Righteousness | Sin | Sin as Missing the Mark | Sin is the Transgression of the Law | Sin of Omission | Spirit of the Law | Wisdom | Wisdom as Right Doing

 

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