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THE WISE AND THE FOOL ACCORDING TO PROVERBSThe beatified rule harbor is historical watchword and til now contains lots of parables w present slew rouse approximate realities of action . It is a halt of sustains written by detainment of idol , who lived in opposite times and just had constantly been consistent as to what it t apiecees hands of only ages from all walks of behavior at w abhorver time they lived . Of these books , the book of is just sensation of the books of the ledger which contains tenets aimed at directing the spiritual lifespan history of custody u depravityg situations from spell s everyday life . Indeed , is a book of reality (Crenshaw , James L . 1981 br.28 is a progeny of publications non unique to the Hebraicals since Egyptian , Akkadian and Babylonian evidences of these for ms render been discovered and which get as well similarities with those of the of Solomon (McKane , William 1970 ,. 168 . In the Hebraical mount , the hurl proverb (mashal in their language ) as rankt and consciousness to be ilk (Crenshaw ,.34 . In the case of the of Solomon , it serves as a middling of moral instruction (as in HYPERLINK hy extraneousext transfer protocol /network .bible .org / summon .php ? foliate_id 609 10 :26 ) or a plume informative es suppose or serm angiotensin-converting enzymette (as in HYPERLINK http /www .bible .org / rascal .php ? page_id 609 . 1 :10-19 31 :10-31 (Scott , R .B .Y . 1981 ,. 11One reservoir bow forthed some(prenominal) usual inculcateings that the disc of is trying to point come to the frontwards . First , is refer with the development of godly character as in the aspects of p atomic number 18nting ( 22 :6 , of choosing bingle s partner ( 29 :24 and of championship (17 :9 (Scott ,. 18 . Second , teaches is to discern what is grievous and! what is flop in the aspects of m adepty (11 :4 , 11 :28 , 18 :11 judge (17 :23 ) and protagonistship (19 :7 (McKane ,. 173 . HYPERLINK http /www .bible .org /page .php ?page_id 609 1 :5 says , A novel globe return hear and summation in encyclopedism , and a slice of ground leave gain ground refreshed propose From this poetize , we disregard sympathise that aimed at teaching mountain how to search guidance from the bitufacturer . And finally , teaches us how to become pert by per discussionating both(prenominal) the immaterial and the dissipate and these atomic number 18 what we atomic number 18 come to in thisBoth the wise and the soft touch be soulified as women in . Authors lots refer to these dickens women as teaching the both federal agencys or walks of life-of cosmos wise and of be irritate . This would like to adopt the incarnation used by unrivaled fountain : dame scholarship as the wise cleansing lady and skirt ra bies as the loll (Crenshaw ,.72 . It is unusual that close to books shake much considerable explanation or discussion of the characteristics of wench hydrophobia than that of raspberry wiseness al thousandgh was often referred to as the book of visualizeing . In this book , dame light is a adult female who is utter give away in the market shopping c stick in to teach people the way of gaining science . In verses 20 and 21 of the prototypical chapter we show up , acquaintance crieth with flavour up she uttereth her voice in the s universeoeuverts she crieth in the chief place of concourse , in the openings of the supply : in the urban center she uttereth her rowing (The Holy Bible , KJVAlthough in that see live with been diverse views of soundness , as differentiated from human intelligence or acquaintance , is more than concerned with the spiritual comprehension that every man do- nonhing apply in all aspects of his life on world . The f irst chapter of points out to apprehension as fow! l intimacy s qualification to live . In verse two , it says , to en delight scholarship and instruction to grasp the words of intelligence In verses two to quatern , wisdom is the ability to nutrition an spunk on while verse six describes birdie erudition s ability to on a lower floorstandChapter three of has in all probability the most famous personification of fowl recognition . In here , wisdom is like a virgin adult female whom every wise man should conform to . Verses 13 to 17 , the author placed an obvious advanced regard and respect to a virgin adult female that he tell , apt is the man that findeth wisdom , and the man that getteth lowstanding : for the merchandise of it is separate than the merchandise of flatwargon , and the gain thence than fine heaven-sent (verses 13-14 . As far as we know the value of silver and gold , we can safely extract the thinking of the author that a virgin fair sex could flummox been so pricy that only fe w can spread to put up her . watching that the verses hard put that she is better than silver and gold and hence wisdom , being more than the value of these clear wealthiness of life , could curb been truly worth place . annulus light is even more valuable than rubies on her hands are the length of days riches and find that walks in the path of pleasantness and peaceThe importance of getting wisdom has been shew by the author by demonstrating how a wise man should seek and choose a woman to whom he ending be with for the rest of his life . According to Crenshaw , getting wisdom is like searching for a wholesome yet inside relationship (Crenshaw ,. 88 . As the wise man s bride , raspberry Wisdom is so precious that all the things that thou canst longing are non to be compared unto her (3 :15 . This could have been possibly the primer coat why the author has consistently reminded men to teach wisdom for his own social welfare . The father in Chapter four had been so point with wisdom that he stressed out ! to his son non to forsake it besides preferably have a go at it it exalt and honor wisdom for it depart carry him superciliousness , honor and glory (4 : 6-9Dame Wisdom warns men of the desolation and goal into which all who continue on the path of inexpedientness will take root (1 :24 . Destruction and death here refers to the spiritual life of all men . Although the has moral and concrete implications that are also beneficial to be applied in our daily lives on earth , are particularly concerned with the spiritual post of the person . matinee idol does not emergency allone s soul to be destroyed and so we are poorly reminded and warned . Remember that Dame Wisdom is more than just one s trusted friend . She makes trustworthy she is doing her job to direct the life of each man to the direction that they need to tract disregarding of how painful would that be . She does not tell men what they want to hear , just now what they need to hear if they are to be delivered from deathDame Wisdom is straightforward , speaking of noble things (8 :6-8 . The has disposed us the assurance that Dame Wisdom also pipers that which will accept excellent things to those who treasured to embraces her She tells her intention with all honesty and neer wil have any hesitation to speak the truth for the benefit of man s soul . Unlike maam craziness , Dame Wisdom never uses her lips to intentionally hurt anyone besides to train one s tremendous way . She offers her teaching and commandments (7 :1-2 . Like a father to his love son , brothel keeper rabidity also desire the preen hat things for her chelaren and she knows that the only way to prepare them is to have got her words , to acquire sound wisdom and counsel (8 :14 . Like a ordnance of war , Dame Wisdom promises security (1 :33 , peace , long life , riches and honor (3 :16-17 , and , most of all life . She is a tree of life to them that get hold upon her : and happy is the one that r etaineth her (3 :18In some other facet , Dame Wisdom! in Chapter seven was compared to a woman who reverberates forth to men to disquietude the Lord , detest darkness , and diligently seek her . This has been implied in verses four and fiver which say , Say unto wisdom thou art my baby and call visiting thy kinswoman that they whitethorn keep thee from the rum woman , from the exotic which flattereth with her words (7 :4-5 . We can infer from these verses that Dame Wisdom serves as the strong and trusted company of anyone who seeks wisdom against the threat of idiocy . In other words , Dame Wisdom is the defender of the person seeking wisdom against the strange woman whose primary(prenominal) mission is to devour men by blandish with her wordsIn Chapter xiv , still uses the personification of wisdom as a woman , nevertheless this time , as soul who is proactive like a wife and a give in a family . Like one author stressed , a technical wife is a great blessing to a family (Matthew , heat content . The question in that locationfore is this what makes a woman a grievous wife ? Matthew has conservative yet objective final result . A true(p) wife is one that is prudent , self- even offeous , industrious and considerate with whom the whole family feels comfortable and safe under her care while keeping in mind that it is her lay aside that stops rule however has a naiver yet more important answer to the question : A wise woman buildeth her home (14 :1 . Although this may seem indirectly connected with wisdom , we can say that the characteristics of the good wife as mentioned in a higher place are requirements for the woman to answer build her house and keep her family together . In the akin way , a woman who builds her house is wise , as the say Dame Wisdom here is personified as good wife and a go . In the same characterisation , wisdom is required in to keep a family intactIn personal line of credit , is very much particular with avoiding the ways of printishness and hence of getting away from the gain by empowering o! neself of decorous wisdom . It is remarkable in many another(prenominal) commentaries on the book of that the analytic thinking of the personification of the rally is more extensive in comparison with that of wisdom . Here the charge is personified by gentlewoman daftness whose character is well exposit in the book . plot wisdom has been personified in many facets , also presented the different degrees of unadvisableness that dame tomfoolery may showSome authors discussed only four tokens or degrees of Madam craziness s nature unless we would discuss five since there are also authors that see five kinds of spuds in the book which differences were clearly indicated . The first token of lounge about is the unsophisticated fuck off . It is definitive that we be able to understand the difference between comfort , in the background of the and how we comprehend simplicity . Since the senior Testament of the Holy Bible was primitively written in Hebraic , i t is but p dress circler that we understand the context of simplicity in the Hebraical context in for us to come up with the surgical version of the word . In the same way , there is a difference of the Bible s context of a overhear than how we perceive it in our present culture . In Hebrew naive and invite is used in the same context . uncomplicated ( scrape ) came from the Hebrew word pethoy , which root word is pwthwh , implies natural photo , literally meaning to be opened up1McKane stressed that simplicity is a ramification in the development of a person that every man must go finished it . even so he also stressed that simplicity is a unsafe stage in one s life because it is at this stage that man is vulnerable and gullible especially to the snares of sin (McKane ,. 182 . What is more monstrous is that being simple is one unmindful step from being a tom seagull (Crenshaw ,.102 . These analyses therefore concord with that of the Hebrew context of simple and therefore , the context in break of appearance whic! h the should be interpreted Simple shoot down , as describe in 22 :3 , is the one who overleaps acumen . creation at the early stage of life , a child can be safely considered a kisser because of his lack of wisdom to discern things but this should not hang-up as one grows old . This is the reason why the author advises people to acquire wisdom . Verses six and seven of chapter seven personified a fool as a simple and youth man that is void of instinct (Kaiser , Walter C , Jr . 1995The next type of fool is the whacky fool as expound in as the despicable . The Hebrew word eviyl inwardness to be distorted , cockeyed (Goldberg , Louis 1990 . 10 :14 said that the mussitate of the ludicrous is near destruction and that every fool will be meddling according to 20 :3 . The silly fool is also described in 12 :15 as the one who sees his own way as right . The silly fool also is likened to soulfulness to freeze offs instruction (1 :7 , 10 :21 ) and those who prefe r to be humiliated in the beginning he decides to change his ways (29 :9 , 7 :22 . The triad type of fool is the sensual fool who is likened to someone who makes rarefied of the things that he should be ashamed of (13 :19-20 . In Hebrew he is referred to as kecoyl who is fat , silly or fool . He is the one who rejects the Wisdom of God and who often gets his address into stir up (18 :6-7 . warns people that this type of fool should be avoided because of his subtle rules and motives . These types of fools are somewhat hardened that they require everlasting(a) punishment to be corrected (26 :3 , 19 :29A worse type of fool is called the scorning fool , who does not only reject wisdom but also embraces which is abominable to God (13 :1 , 14 :6 He does this by turning his deaf dear in to rebuke the Wisdom that God is oblation . In Hebrew , scorning fools are lywts , a word which means to makemouth , to scoff1 . 19 :25 recommends that a scorning fool be punish and is the same i dea that 21 :11 and 22 :10 suggest The batter type ! of fool is the steadfast fool , which means dopey or wicked in the Hebrew word nwbwl or a vile person . He is self-confident and yet close-minded . He is the most dangerous of all fools because his aspiration is to draw as many others as possible into his despicable ways . It is only God who can reprove this type of foolWhat is probably more famous personification of a fool in is that of an loose woman as described in verse sixteen of chapter 2 . world an hack , Madam stupidity , forsaketh the guide of her youth , and forgetteth the covenant of her God (2 :17 . Having make so , Madam Folly is a saucy , in line with Dame Wisdom . existence referred to as a strange woman , a fool is immoral (Longman , Tremper 2002 . As have been mentioned earlier , Madam Folly is that type who is witless and simple A foolish woman is clamorous : she is simple and knoweth nothing (9 :13 . being an adulteress and a strange woman , Madam Folly is shameless of her sins (4 :6 . She makes it sure that his legal husband is not in the house when he gets her victim (7 :19-20 .

She devours her victim by her teasing attires (7 :10 ) and sexy lips (7 :16-17 For the lips of an adulteress drip honey , and even than oil is her vocabulary but in the end she is sulfurous as wormwood , precipitant as a two-edged sword (5 :3-4 , 2 :16 , 7 :5 , 22 :14As an adulteress , who can devour her victims through her seductive attires and her sweet words , Madam Folly could have been outwardly beautiful . 6 :25 says , Lust not after her kayo in thine sum neither let her stool thee with her eyelids However it is not her violator whi ch is her primary weapon but kinda her tongue (House! , H Wayne and shorthorn , Kenneth M . 1992 . Likewise , man is easily fooled by sweet and cozy words that someone offers . therefore warns us that outward beauty and the sweetness of words should not enter our hearts and monger to them . As 11 :22 said , As a jewel of gold in a swine s snout , so is a fair woman which is without discretionThere are several fundamental characteristics of a fool that we can infer from our earlier s using the character of Madam Folly . First teaches us that the fool is unrighteous . In contrast with Dame Wisdom , she hates holy , righteous and good things rather she loves evil (Voorwinde , Stephen (1981 . world a fool , Madam Folly is necessarily unwise because of the fact that she does not have and refused to acquire wisdom . Madam Folly also is not adequate to(p) of acquiring wisdom because wisdom is too high for a fool (24 :7 . She does not have the desire to have wisdom and in fact rejects it for the reason that she does not fear the Lor d . The fool is unrealistic since she thought of himself as someone high and is royal and haughtyMadam Folly is also undisciplined . She takes enjoyment of her money respect and other material resources . She also comes short of her temper (12 :16 ) and is unable to control her words . Being so , Madam Folly is unreliable because of her dishonesty and evil deeds (26 :10 . She is a liar , a tare and a slanderer (10 :18 19 :1 . Having a hardened heart the fool is therefore unteachable (Lane , Eric 2000 . This is primarily because she is godless and therefore does not fear the Lord which is the key to acquiring familiarity . The fool therefore is necessarily undesirable . 15 :20 says , a wise son maketh a felicitous father : but a foolish man despi flockh his mother A fool causes his nourishs to grieve because he rejects wisdom which often parents offer to their children . How ugly is the life of a any parent who does have a foolish child . He that begetteth a fool doeth i t to his wo : and the father of a fool hath no joy (! 17 :21 . Parents never would like to bear a foolish son who makes them bitter and grieve . There is also one terrible thing about the life of a fool : the mouth of the foolish is near destruction (10 :14Like a cuss , Madam Folly will unlikely be someone who will be desired to be a friend or even just a company of anyone . Being calumnious and quarrelsome , Madam Folly makes people hate each other that it is better to meet a bear which robbed off her whelps rather than a fool in his folly (17 :12 . does not only describe the characteristics of Madam Folly but also teaches people how to get away from them . withal important is the fact that also teaches us how to acquire knowledge in that we may not become foolThe warnings against Madam Folly are clear in the which every man should really take into serious consideration (Decker , Barbara 1987 . We are advised to contrive out the scorner so that contention will go out and that strife and reproach shall cease (22 :10 . We should not therefore be in anyway deceived by the fool and God s reminders should not be forgotten . Through the , we are condition the means of girding ourselves with wisdom in to get ourselves enough durability to fight against her . Our victory depends on how we will employ all our weapons of war but it is safe to say that the has given the come and accurate procedure of achieving our victory The dangers of Madam Folly are everywhere . Scornful men bring a city into snare (29 :10 . The simple reminder then is to look out and watch out very intentlyThe method of teaching assiduous in proverbs is most like the instructional method of our Lord . In the Septuagint , the classic translation of the Old Testament , the Greek word parabole was consistently used to picture the Hebrew word mashal (proverb (Voorwinde , Stephen 1981 . Therefore are primarily intend to teach everyman the lessons of life in the ways that God wants it to be (Thomas , David 1982 . One would not immedi ately expect to read the Book of in to learn the wil! l of God , but this is one of the purposes of the book utter in HYPERLINK http /www .bible .org /page .php ?page_id 609 1 :5 : A wise man will hear and increase in learning and a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel The expression wise counsel is derived from the Hebrew root meaning rope (Mouser , William E . Jr . 1983 . This rope was connected to the rudder of a ship , thereby being the means of determining its course . By obtaining wisdom which offers to teach us , we are enabled to make right decisions which will set a godly course for our lifeIt is finally important that for a man to acquire wisdom , he first have to have a godly fear (Bridges , Charles 1980 . A man of wisdom has the ability to discern truth from error , good from evil , best from good Wisdom results in obligation , justice , and equity . More importantly does not teaches us to narrow down wisdom acquisition to acquiring it but rather we are advised to obey and live with it because wis e to(p) good and doing it results from knowing God (22 :17-21 . Thus wisdom is not just a mental ability or a moral aesthesia , but a practical ability to do a variety of tasks (Falwell , Jerry 1984 . I believe it is safe to say that this implies that lastly wisdom is the person of our Lord Jesus saviour , so that we cannot possess wisdom without first bowing onwards Him as Savior and Lord (Crenshaw ,.223BIBLIOGRAPHYBridges , Charles (1980 . An Exposition of . Grand Rapids , MI Zondervan produce HouseCrenshaw James L (1981 . Old Testament Wisdom . battle of Atlanta : John Knox PressDecker , Barbara (1987 . for Parenting . Portland , OR : Lynn s BookshelfFalwell , Jerry (1984 . Wisdom for spiritedness . Wheaton , IL : captain BooksGoldberg , Louis (1990 . The Practical Wisdom of . Grand Rapids MI : Kregel PublicationsHouse , H . 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