"Five Kinds Of Fool"  [(1) Prov.9:6 (2) Prov.1:22; 3:34; 9:28 (3) Prov.13:16; Ps.92:6; Eccl.2:14; (4) Prov.29:9; Job 5:2; Jer.4:22 (5) Prov.14:1; 17:7,10; Eccl.10:14 ] [Provrbs And The Kingdom Series]

Just like there’s many kinds of snow for Inuit they say,
Three words for love, and three for “word” in ancient Greek – that way,
One can be more precise in speech – in Hebrew there are five
Words which are covered in one way in English that’s alive.

Our word is “fool” but they’re precise, discovering wisdom’s way
On earth, for that’s important here to Sages when they say
Some words about folks who are not so wise in ways they act –
“Discern the source of trouble, or you’ll miss important facts”.

First type is inexperienced who random damage do;
Unloading house-parts off a truck comes to my memory’s view –
A role of flooring weighed a lot, we dropped it (macho boys),
Which chipped it’s coiled up end right through (boss made a lot of noise!).

The second type has “attitude” – “debunker” in the lot;
They scoff in sophomoric pomp, false wisdom they have got;
Psych-101 just opens up a survey of the field,
To hear them talk you’d think they “knew” – no more could be revealed.

The third type is more spiritual, quite “damaged” we would say;
They’re silly in pronouncements they come out with every day;
Sometime some hurt has come their way, quite deep – which has not healed;
Their judgment’s gotten twisted, foolish thinking’s now revealed.

Fourth kind of fool is “course” we’d say, perverse and not refined;
I well recall an actor-friend who’s jesting comes to mind;
It awkward was to be with him – when two of them would talk,
Folks found excuse to leave the scene, resolve such talk with walk.

Fifth type of fool is boorish – he acts foolishly which costs
Those standing by him endless grief, it happens quite a lot;
King David met a man like this, refusing to pay up
(His wife slipped in and saved the day, that marriage was quite rough).

I guess we do all five at times, for we are fools indeed;
Christ enters in our lives and gives the life which we all need;
We also need His help to live with different kinds of fools –
The Kingdom-layer for me helps out, and Proverbs’ “Wisdom school”.

Thanks Lord for this.

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