Central Church of Christ

Intro:

There are 3 different Hebrew words used for fool, to our one English word, in the Proverbs. These 3 words mean: perverse, silly, foolish, fat, stupid, wicked, and one who does not show respect or reverence for God. If that all isn’t bad enough, there are actually 2 verses talking about some who are worse than fools. In the New Testament, there are actually some who are worse than unbelievers. Let’s try to look into all of this.

Read Prov. 7:22, Prov. 10:18,23, Prov. 14:16, Prov. 15:5, Prov. 13:16, Prov. 17:10,21,24, Prov. 26:6,11-12, Prov. 29:11,20, Prov. 30:22, II Peter 2:22 and I Tim. 5:8

Questions:

1. What sin is the fool involved in?

2. What 2 sins is the fool involved in? (Prov. 10:18)

3. What does “as sport” or “like sport” mean? (Prov. 10:23)

4. How are the wise and foolish different in Prov. 14:16?

5. Describe the fool’s relationship with his earthly father. (Prov. 15:5)

6. Fool’s folly secret or public? (Prov. 13:16)

7. What extreme discipline is useless on a fool? (Prov. 17:10)

8. What effect does the fool have on his parents? (Prov. 17:21)

9. What does “on the ends of the earth” mean in Prov. 17:24?

10. Describe a fool’s reliability. (Prov. 26:6)

11. How are the fool and the unrepentant related? (Prov.26:11) and (II Peter 2:22)

12. Anger comes to the fool and the wise. What is the difference? (Prov. 29:11)

13. Why is it the earth quakes, and cannot bear up, when a fool is satisfied with food? (Prov. 30:22)

14. Even with all this, there are 2 who are worse than fools. Who are they? (Prov. 26:12) and (Prov. 29:20)

15. Who, in the New Testament, is worse than an unbeliever? (I Tim. 5:8)