Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. (Proverbs 23:12)
Getting knowledge will not do you much good if you don’t apply your heart to instruction. Instruction is the wisdom of how to apply the knowledge you receive. Many people have degrees and titles and can recite information like the back of their hand, but have never really applied the information they learned.
George Washington Carver, who learned many ways to use the peanut, was a man who knew how to lean into wisdom. He was not the first person to study the peanut. While others possessed knowledge about the peanut's properties, Carver's wisdom allowed him to unlock its full potential, leading to countless innovations and advancements.
You can get knowledge from books, from others who have learned, from your own observation, but true wisdom, the real application of instruction, comes from God Himself. Spending time in the Word and spending time in prayer is going to give you the wisdom you need for any area of life.
You can have a lot of knowledge and be a fool, or you can have a select amount of knowledge and receive God’s wisdom about it and find yourself to be wiser than those who profess to be experts on a subject. Apply your heart to God’s instruction. He can make even the foolish things of this world to confound those who claim themselves to be wise.
Practical Application
Don't hoard the wisdom you gain from God’s Word and the Holy Spirit. Instead, pray about opportunities to share it with others. When you pass on what you've learned, you empower others to grow and increase as well. Be generous with your wisdom.