Lesson 3 Proverbs

The fool despises instruction Attitude toward instruction Wise – Pr. 9:9, 10:8, 10:17, 12:1, 15:31, 19:20, 9:8 By contrast the Fool – 12:1, 13:1, 13:18, 15:12 The fool is mentioned and admonished over 40 times in the book of Proverbs.

Teaching a fool Scornful man – Pr. 21:29 Do not waste time on one who will not listen – Pr. 9:8-9, Pr. 23:9 What admonition from Christ parallels this message? Don’t cast your pearls before swine – Mt. 7:6 Shake the dust off your feet – Acts 13:45-46

Learn by Instruction or by Stripes Rod is for the back of him who is devoid of understanding – Pr. 10:13 Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools. – Pr. 19:29 A fool will learn less from his punishment than the wise will learn from instruction. – Pr. 17:10

Continued Rebellion Destroys Whoso despises the word shall be destroyed.– Pr. 13:13 Whatever a man sows, that he will reap. Gal. 6:7 The harvest is always greater than the seed sown. – Hos. 8:7 A fool will learn less from his punishment than the wise will learn from instruction. – Pr. 17:10

The Bible Identifies Fools Refusing to listen - Pr. 15:5 The man who says there is not God – Ps. 14:1 The man that knows God’s will but that will not obey – Mt. 7:24-27