The Proverbial Fool!
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The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel:
To know wisdom and instruction,
to understand words of insight,
to receive instruction in wise dealing,
in righteousness, justice, and equity;
to give prudence to the simple,
knowledge and discretion to the youth—
Let the wise hear and increase in learning,
and the one who understands obtain guidance,
to understand a proverb and a saying,
the words of the wise and their riddles.
Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless,
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Like one who binds the stone in the sling
is one who gives honor to a fool.
Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard
is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Train up a child in the way he should go;
even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth,
or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
Chapter 1:1-6: The purpose of the book.
Chapter 1:7: The thesis of the entire book. Some have called it the “motto” of Proverbs.
Chapters 1-9: The main chapters of personification. We see woman wisdom and woman folly calling out to the young man.
Chapters 10-22:16: The “official” proverbial sayings. The concise, insightful general truths. They appear to be sporadic throughout, but are directly in line with the books purpose and thesis. Furthermore, they demonstrate HOW the simple can follow woman wisdom, rather than woman folly.
Chapters 22:17-29: The final sayings of Solomon in the book. These may be titled “wise words” or even “thirty wise sayings”, as seen in (22:20).
Chapter 30: The words of Agur. More general truths.
Chapter 31: Perhaps one of the most famous chapters, based on the woman hailed by most Christian’s over the years. The author is said to be king Lemuel, yet he is repeating an oracle his mother taught him.
Wisdom has built her house;
she has hewn her seven pillars.
She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine;
she has also set her table.
She has sent out her young women to call
from the highest places in the town,
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
To him who lacks sense she says,
“Come, eat of my bread
and drink of the wine I have mixed.
Leave your simple ways, and live,
and walk in the way of insight.”
The woman Folly is loud;
she is seductive and knows nothing.
She sits at the door of her house;
she takes a seat on the highest places of the town,
calling to those who pass by,
who are going straight on their way,
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!”
And to him who lacks sense she says,
“Stolen water is sweet,
and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
But he does not know that the dead are there,
that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?
O simple ones, learn prudence;
O fools, learn sense.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,
but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
My son, keep my words
and treasure up my commandments with you;
and you say, “How I hated discipline,
and my heart despised reproof!
I did not listen to the voice of my teachers
or incline my ear to my instructors.
I am at the brink of utter ruin
in the assembled congregation.”
A fool despises his father’s instruction,
but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but he who hates reproof is stupid.
Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it,
but the instruction of fools is folly.
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself,
but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded.
It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury,
much less for a slave to rule over princes.
Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,
so honor is not fitting for a fool.
Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity
than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.
Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs
rather than a fool in his folly.
He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow,
and the father of a fool has no joy.
A foolish son is a grief to his father
and bitterness to her who bore him.
Prov. 17:25
The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Like an archer who wounds everyone
is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.
Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,
and quarreling and abuse will cease.
Prov. 29:29
Prov 29:29
If a wise man has an argument with a fool,
the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
Answer not a fool according to his folly,
lest you be like him yourself.
Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool,
but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
but a wise man listens to advice.
Like a dog that returns to his vomit
is a fool who repeats his folly.
For the simple are killed by their turning away,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;
Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
For whoever finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord,
but he who fails to find me injures himself;
all who hate me love death.”
Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof,
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way,
and have their fill of their own devices.
“And now, O sons, listen to me:
blessed are those who keep my ways.
Hear instruction and be wise,
and do not neglect it.
Blessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.
For whoever finds me finds life
and obtains favor from the Lord,
All at once he follows her,
as an ox goes to the slaughter,
or as a stag is caught fast
till an arrow pierces its liver;
as a bird rushes into a snare;
he does not know that it will cost him his life.