I don't want to be a fool.......

We rarely hear the word "fool" anymore...it is probably not politically correct  in our society...

But in two books of the Bible, Psalms and Proverbs, it is stressed 81 times....!!!

The writers weren't worried about being politically correct...they just didn't want to be fools or foolish...

Fools :

-say there is no God

-are corrupt

-deeds are vile

-do no good

-scorn, mock others

-revile God 's name

-have no understanding

- rebell

-despise wisdom and instruction

-hate knowledge 

-are complacent

-inherit shame

-bring grief to their families 

-come to ruin

-spread slander

-die for lack of sense

-finds pleasure In wicked schemes

- will a servant to the wise

-does not take advice

-are quick to anger or annoyance

-blurts out folly

What a list....being on the wise side would be much better....

When I react.....am I on the foolish side or the wise side,.....a need for examination is in order.....I don't want to be a fool.....

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense.