The Wise and the Fool
The Wise and the Fool Excerpt These statements contrast the wise and the fool. While the discerning person is characterized by his wise statements, one lacking judgment ( cf . v . 21 ; 6:32 ; 7:7 ; 9:4 , 16 ; 11:12 ; 12:11 ; 15:21 ; 17:18 ; 24:30 ; 28:16 ) experiences trouble. He may be punished by a rod on the back ( cf . 14:3 ; 26:3 ). A wise person stores up knowledge ; he holds it in for the right occasion without spouting off his knowledge. What a fool says, however, causes him trouble and eventually ruin because he foolishly speaks the wrong things and gets himself in trouble ( cf . 10:19 ). More Buzzell, Sid S. “ Proverbs .” The Bible Knowledge Commentary: An Exposition of the Scriptures . Ed. J. F. Walvoord and R. B. Zuck. Vol. 1. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1985. 926. Prin...