在中國的傳統認識中，智慧是指著人善用知識的能力，所謂「聖智才之善也」。這種善才之智，都是與修身有關的道德功夫，跟箴言論智慧不謀而有小合的之處。
以前讀書人追求知識學問，首要目的是修身，學做一個有德的人。今天的教育，把讀書和做學問只停留在增進知識上，學生讀了許多書，但仍然不懂做人的道理，更不用說要追求做一個有德之人了。因此在今天的社會裡，需要大力提倡研讀箴言，讓我們擁有許多知識的人，懂得一點生活的智慧，更重要的是讓我們基督徒學習過聖潔的生活。
箴言中論及的智慧，當然不只是生活的技巧或手段，她是一種敬畏神、親愛人的屬靈生命表現。如果沒有敬虔的生命，生活的智慧便會流於狡猾虛偽的手段。基督徒所追求的生活智慧是什麼呢？正如箴言九章十節所說，「敬畏耶和華是智慧的開端」，一切生活的智慧和技巧，必須建立在敬畏神的基礎上。我們需要學習生活的技巧，因為唯有透過生活，才能實踐屬靈的真理。而這種日常生活的智慧，是聖靈在我們生活中的啟迪與引導，幫助我們活用神的話語，為自己和別人帶來最大的益處，也同時能夠榮耀神的名。
In Chinese culture, wisdom is the ability to handle knowledge to serve the good purpose. Quite similar to Proverbs, wisdom in the Chinese literature is usually used in ethical cause for building up a moral person.
In the olden days, when a person pursued knowledge or education, he or she was pursuing a moral life. However, education in today is almost totally limited in acquiring information and book knowledge, and no one seems to care about morality or ethics, not to say building up a moral person. Therefore, studying Proverbs is very important in today society, which will help people with head full of knowledge gain some wisdom and know how to live a godly life.
Wisdom in Proverbs is not only a skill or a tactics of life, but the quality of a God-fearing life. Without such spiritual life quality, wisdom will be downgraded as skill of manipulation. What kind of wisdom should a Christian seek after? All the wisdom we want should spring from the fear of the Lord, just as proverbs 9:10 says, “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”. Christian should have some skills to handle life situations, for in which we can put biblical principles into practices. Holy Spirit wants to give us wisdom to live out God’s word to glorify His name, and to bring good to our lives and other people’s lives.
