The wise in heart will receive commands,
But a prating fool will fall.
Proverbs 10:8
I love the phrase “prating fool”. Sadly because it so frequently describes
me. The idea is of a fool who is
babbling. In some areas of the country
we might call this the fellow who is “running his mouth”. This is fascinating
as our culture seems to value one who talks over the one who remains
silent. He book of proverbs has so much
to say about wise speech and about controlled speech and even about silence, but the reality that running
the spigot doesn't
Change the nature of
what is coming out of the well. Wisdom
listens and seeks to understand, foolishness babbles without even having
understanding as a distant goal. As we
could rightly expect, both choices have their natural consequences.
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