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Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard Grace Fellowship Church www.GraceDoctrine.org Sunday, May 11, 2014

Prov 3:5,“Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding.”

Proverbs Chapter 14How the Wise Person Recognizes a Fool.

I. A fool is revealed by his speech. Eccl 5:3, “For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words.”

1. The fool has a surplus of words. Eccl 10:14, “Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him?”

2. The fool has slanderous words.Prov 10:18, “He who conceals hatred has lying lips, and he who spreads slander is a fool.”

3. The fool has scoffing words, Prov 14:6; Psa 14:1.Psa 14:1, “The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; there is no one who does good.”

4. The fool has swift words, Prov 29:11, 20.

4. The fool has swift words, Prov 29:11, 20.a. He talks without considering a matter first, Prov 18:13.

II. A fool is revealed by his steps.Eccl 10:3, “Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool.”

1. He has stumbling steps.Eccl 2:14, “The wise man’s eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both.”

2. He has sinful steps.Prov 26:11, “Like a dog that returns to its vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.”

III. A fool is revealed by his arrogance.Prov 14:16, “A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is arrogant and careless.”

1. He has a haughty / proud mental attitude. Prov 14:3; 28:26.

1. He has a haughty / proud mental attitude. Prov 14:3; 28:26.a. He promotes himself; a wise man humbles himself and lifts up Jesus!

2. He is stubborn, Prov 12:15.

2. He is stubborn, Prov 12:15.a. He is not teachable, Prov 15:5; 23:9.

2. He is stubborn, Prov 12:15.a. He is not teachable, Prov 15:5; 23:9. b. He rejects the truths of the Bible about salvation, about service, about sin and separation.

3. He is hasty in his ways, Prov 13:16.

a. A wise man is swift to hear, but slow to speak, slow to get angry, and slow to make a decision that requires contemplation. Prov 19:2; 29:20.

4. A fool causes strife, he gets into arguments all the timeProv 20:3, “Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man, but any fool will quarrel.”

5. He gets angry easily and quickly, Prov 12:16.Eccl 7:9, “Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, for anger resides in the bosom of fools.”

IV. A fool is revealed by his sport, Prov 10:23.Prov 10:23, “Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool, and so is wisdom to a man of understanding.”

1. He enjoys mischief, Prov 6:18.

1. He enjoys mischief, Prov 6:18. 2. He enjoys meddling in the affairs of others, Prov 26:17-19.

3. He is willing to lie about others in order to stir up a fight; he is a gossip, always talking about others to try to make people angry at them.

Grace OfferingGal 6:6-8, “The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him. 7Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. 8For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.”

Grace Fellowship ChurchSunday May 11, 2014Lesson # 14-047Proverbs Chapter 14How the Wise Recognize a Fool.Prov 14:7-9, Eccl 10:14; 5:3; Psa 14:1, etcJames H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2014

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