Saturday, June 21, 2014

Proverbial fool

Mo. 6/23/14: Proverbs 16:21 – 22                   What is correcting the fool?
      The wise in heart will be called prudent,
      And sweetness of the lips increases learning.
      Understanding is a wellspring of life to him who has it.
      But the correction of fools is folly.
What is correcting the fool? It is foolish to correct fools.
Tu. 6/24/14: Proverbs 15:21 – 22                  What is the fool’s joy?
      A wise son makes a father glad,
      But a foolish man despises his mother.
      Folly is joy to him who is destitute of discernment,
      But a man of understanding walks uprightly.
What is the fool’s joy? A fool’s joy is lack of discernment.
We. 6/25/14: Proverbs 17:10, 12                  What is ineffective for a fool?
      Rebuke is more effective for a wise man
      Than a hundred blows on a fool…
      Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs,
      Rather than a fool in his folly.
What is ineffective for a fool? A fool is unaffected by rebuke or blows.
Th. 6/26/14: Luke 12:16 – 20                  Whom do you store things for?
Then He spoke a parable to them, saying: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded plentifully.
And he thought within himself, saying, ‘What shall I do, since I have no room to store my crops?’ So he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build greater’ … But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’
Whom do you store things for? If you do not store for God, you are a fool.
Fr. 6/27/14: 1 Corinthians 3:18 – 21a                  Who considers fools as wise?
Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their own craftiness”; and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” Therefore let no one boast in men.
Who considers fools as wise? This world considers some fools as wise.

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