["FRIVOLOUS FELLOWSHIP" - A Worksheet]

FOOLS/FOOLISH
 

PART 1 - HIS MOUTH

A. The foolish person is predominantly associated with speaking/talking/use of his mouth.

1. Chattering [babbling, prating] fool. Proverbs 10:8,10
   • [Note on v. 10, differences between var. translations - The Hebrew manuscripts say the same as v. 8b: "foolish talk / babbling fool... (etc.)"; but the ancient Greek translations (which some translators prefer) say: "Bold rebuke leads to peace."]
      
2. The mouth of the fool.
   • Proverbs 15:2 - gushes [spouts, pours out] folly [foolishness]
     
   • Proverbs 15:14 - feeds on folly [foolishness]
     
   • Proverbs 18:7 - brings his destruction/ruin
     
   • Proverbs 26:7 - [about the uselessness of a proverb when he quotes it]
     
   • Proverbs 26:9 - [about the uselessness of a proverb when he quotes it]
      
3. The speech of a fool. Ecclesiastes 5:3 - associated with lots of talking/"many words"
   
   
4. Multiplies words / keeps on talking. Ecclesiastes 10:14
   
   
5. Consumed by his own lips. Ecclesiastes 10:12
   
   
6. Making rash promises/vows; God not pleased with such people. Ecclesiastes 5:4
    

B. If he would only keep quiet... he would be thought wise! Proverbs 17:28

A. The heart/mind of fools...

1. A source of folly [foolishness]. Proverbs 12:23
   
   
2. In the house of pleasure [mirth, a good time]. Ecclesiastes 7:4
    

B. Pleasure-oriented/light-hearted (connected with the "house of pleasure" in the previous section). [Also associated with the presence of words.]

1. The song [praise] of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:5
   
   
2. Laughter of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:6
   • Note also Ecclesiastes 2:2, which describes laughter (if it is the focus of one's life) as foolish [madness].

Dennis Hinks © 1999
041221

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