The Biggest Story is full of wisdom. There are thousands of words of wisdom between Genesis and Revelation! Remember King Solomon? He was known for his wisdom. God gave him “wisdom and understanding beyond measure” (1 Kings 4:29) and made him wiser than “all the people of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt” (4:30). And he used his wisdom to speak three thousand proverbs and write over one thousand songs. Proverbs 3:5 (“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding”) is one of his most famous proverbs. In the New Testament the book of James is known as a book of wisdom. It is filled with wise proverbs, such as “Be doers of the word, and not hearers only” and “Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you” (James 1:22; 4:8). And James teaches us that wisdom from God is “first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits” (3:17). God’s wisdom leads to peace with people! But we’re not naturally people of peace. And James tells us the best clue of this is our terrible tongues.