In the western world and in the composition of the Bible, two forces have competed for dominance in the culture, namely the Hebraistic and Hellenistic. Because the New Testament was written in Greek, the definition of wisdom received its connotative association from Greek thought, favoring the cerebral or contemplative cast rather than the doing or action which Hebrew favored. As we look for a phrase to define wisdom throughout the Proverbs, we learn that wisdom is worth far more than any gem, leads to long life, has its source in the fear of God, and the words of God, starting and ending with God. But for a solid phrase defining wisdom we must search here and there throughout scripture. The world's lexicographers equate wisdom with experience or making a decision with application of experience. The elephant in the room is our tendency to pair wisdom with philosophy, contemplation, thinking a problem through with logic. An etymology of wisdom locates wise as way or manner, deriving from to know, and -dom as way or manner—leading to one who knows the way and going the way. In the first mention of wisdom in the Old Testament, chochmah or hochma referred to a specific skill of an artisan to fashion the priests' garments or build the tabernacle (Exodus 28) such as Aholiab was given. Consequently, wisdom implied a skill for doing something. Even though the Greek culture rendered wisdom mostly mental and contemplative, it is not truly biblical wisdom unless it follows through with a specific behavior. Wisdom, kindness, faith, and love are all useless dead entities unless there is a follow up to a specific behavior (James 2:14-17). Wisdom was once described by John Ritenbaugh as skill in living or the understanding of practical skills to live a successful life, learning from God's Word, accepting it, and putting it into action by the power of God's Holy Spirit.