{"id":3890,"date":"2022-04-15T00:33:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T00:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=3890"},"modified":"2022-04-15T00:33:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T00:33:48","slug":"am-i-a-fool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=3890","title":{"rendered":"Am I a Fool?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>&#8230;..fools despise wisdom and instruction.\u00a0 <\/em>Proverbs 1:7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>&#8230;..the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 1:32<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>&#8230;..shame shall be the promotion of fools.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 3:35<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>It is\u00a0as sport to a fool to do mischief&#8230;..<\/em>Proverbs 10:23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool\u00a0shall be\u00a0servant to the wise of heart.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 11:29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The way of a fool\u00a0is\u00a0right in his own eyes&#8230;..<\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 12:15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>A fool&#8217;s wrath is presently known&#8230;..Proverbs 12:16<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>&#8230;..the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 12:23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Every prudent\u00a0man\u00a0dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open\u00a0his\u00a0folly.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 13:16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>&#8230;..it is\u00a0abomination to fools to depart from evil.\u00a0 <\/em>Proverbs 13:19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>&#8230;..a companion of fools shall be destroyed.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 13:20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 14:1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>In the mouth of the foolish\u00a0is\u00a0a rod of pride&#8230;..<\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 14:3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not\u00a0in him\u00a0the lips of knowledge.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 14:7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>&#8230;..the folly of fools\u00a0is\u00a0deceit.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 14:8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Fools make a mock at sin&#8230;..Proverbs 14:9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>A wise\u00a0man\u00a0feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>He that is\u00a0soon angry dealeth foolishly:\u00a0<\/em> Proverbs 14:16-17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The crown of the wise\u00a0is\u00a0their riches:\u00a0but\u00a0the foolishness of fools\u00a0is\u00a0folly.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 14:24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but\u00a0that which is\u00a0in the midst of fools is made known.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 14:33<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 15:2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>A fool despiseth his father&#8217;s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.\u00a0 <\/em>Proverbs 15:5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish\u00a0doeth\u00a0not so.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 15:7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 15:14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><em><strong>Folly\u00a0is\u00a0joy to\u00a0him that is\u00a0destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.\u00a0 Proverbs 15:20-21<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Understanding\u00a0is\u00a0a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools\u00a0is\u00a0folly.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 16:22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 17:7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 17:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 17:12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>He that begetteth a fool\u00a0doeth it\u00a0to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 17:21<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>A foolish son\u00a0is\u00a0a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em>Proverbs 17:23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Wisdom\u00a0is\u00a0before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool\u00a0are\u00a0in the ends of the earth.\u00a0 Proverbs 17:24<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>A foolish son\u00a0is\u00a0a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 17:25<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise:\u00a0and\u00a0he that shutteth his lips\u00a0is esteemed\u00a0a man of understanding.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 17:28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.\u00a0 <\/em>Proverbs 18:2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>A fool&#8217;s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.\u00a0 A fool&#8217;s mouth\u00a0is\u00a0his destruction, and his lips\u00a0are\u00a0the snare of his soul.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 18:6-7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Better\u00a0is\u00a0the poor that walketh in his integrity, than\u00a0he that is\u00a0perverse in his lips, and is a fool.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 19:1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 19:3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 19:10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>A foolish son\u00a0is\u00a0the calamity of his father&#8230;..<\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 19:13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 19:29<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>It is\u00a0an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.\u00a0<\/em> Proverbs 20:3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 23:9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Wisdom\u00a0is\u00a0too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 24:7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The thought of foolishness\u00a0is\u00a0sin: and the scorner\u00a0is\u00a0an abomination to men.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 24:9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.\u00a0 Proverbs 26:1<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool&#8217;s back.\u00a0 Proverbs 26:3 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.\u00a0 Proverbs 26:4\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.\u00a0 Proverbs 26:5 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet,\u00a0and\u00a0drinketh damage.\u00a0 Proverbs 26:6\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The legs of the lame are not equal: so\u00a0is\u00a0a parable in the mouth of fools.\u00a0Proverbs 26:7<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so\u00a0is\u00a0he that giveth honour to a fool.\u00a0 Proverbs 26:8<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>As\u00a0a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so\u00a0is\u00a0a parable in the mouth of fools.\u00a0 Proverbs 26:9<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>The great\u00a0God\u00a0that formed all\u00a0things\u00a0both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.\u00a0 Proverbs 26:10<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>As a dog returneth to his vomit,\u00a0so\u00a0a fool returneth to his folly.\u00a0 Proverbs 26:11<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit?\u00a0 There is\u00a0more hope of a fool than of him.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 26:12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>A stone\u00a0is\u00a0heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool&#8217;s wrath\u00a0is\u00a0heavier than them both.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 27:3<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle,\u00a0yet\u00a0will not his foolishness depart from him.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 27:22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><strong>Proverbs 28:26<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If\u00a0a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh,\u00a0there is\u00a0no rest.\u00a0 Proverbs 29:9<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span id=\"12\" class=\"versehover\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong>A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise\u00a0man\u00a0keepeth it in till afterwards.\u00a0 Proverbs 29:11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2026<em><strong>let the word of Christ dwell (take up its life) in you richly<\/strong><\/em>\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><span id=\"30\" class=\"versehover\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;..fools despise wisdom and instruction.\u00a0 Proverbs 1:7 &#8230;..the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.\u00a0 Proverbs 1:32 &#8230;..shame shall be the promotion of fools.\u00a0 Proverbs 3:35 It is\u00a0as sport to a fool to do mischief&#8230;..Proverbs 10:23 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool\u00a0shall be\u00a0servant to the wise of heart.\u00a0 Proverbs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=3890\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Am I a Fool?<\/span> <span 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