The Fool

Proverbs was written to give wisdom and instruction (Pro. 1:1-7). The proverbs that were compiled into this amazing book were written so that its readers would become wise, and skillful in living. To reject the teaching of wisdom and instruction in this book is to be a fool: “fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Pro. 1:7).

The Fool

The book of Proverbs uses the words fool, fools, and foolish at least sixty-nine times in the English Standard Version. However, the foolish man theme is found i...