The book of Proverbs, according to our lesson, refers to fools, foolishness and folly in 84 verses. If we want to take a short course from Solomon regarding foolishness, we can study Proverbs and highlight those 84 verses. The author of the book of Proverbs suggests that the only way to break this pattern of foolish behavior is to follow Gods law and use his standards as our guide. That's fairly straight forward. Or how do you explain the seemingly useless deaths bloodshed in Israel and Palestine this week when it is in the homeland of the One who died to save us from such foolishness.
Proverbs suggest alternatives.
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