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The Prating Fool
Scripture Passage:
Proverbs 10:8,10; 3 John 10 INTRODUCTION: Prate: to talk much and foolishly; chatter; to make idle talk
- Many words – the fool’s trademark Ecclesiastes 5:3For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.
See All...; 10:12-14
See All... - Many words – the place of sin Proverbs 10:19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
See All... - Few words – the mark of wisdom Proverbs 17:27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
See All...; 21:23
See All...; James 1:19Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
See All...; 1 Samuel 3:19And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
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- PRATING WORDS ARE DISOBEDIENT WORDS (Proverbs 10:8The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
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- Examples
- The Sluggard (Proverbs 26:13-16 [13] The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets.
[14] As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed.
[15] The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.
[16] The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
See All...) - The Rebellious (1 Samuel 15:13-23 [13] And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
[14] And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
[15] And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
[16] Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.
[17] And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
[18] And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
[19] Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
[20] And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
[21] But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
[22] And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
[23] For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
See All...) - Application (1 Timothy 5:13And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
See All...) - PRATING WORDS ARE DECEITFUL WORDS (Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
See All...) - Interpretation – (Proverbs 6:13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
See All...) winking: a sign of secret agreement, secret flirtation or lying - Examples
- Causing Division (Romans 16:17-18 [17] Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
[18] For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
See All...) - Causing Heresy (Titus 1:10-11 [10] For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
[11] Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
See All...; 2 Timothy 2:16-17 [16] But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. [17] And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;
See All...) - Application (Ephesians 4:25Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
See All...; Colossians 3:9-10 [9] Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; [10] And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
See All...) - PRATING WORDS ARE DESTRUCTIVE WORDS (3 John:9-10)
- Interpretation
- Example ( Proverbs 12:6The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
See All...,18; 25:18
See All...; James 3:5-9 [5] Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! [6] And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. [7] For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: [8] But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. [9] Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
See All...) - Application ( Ephesians 4:31Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:
See All...; 1 Peter 2:1Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings,
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CONCLUSION: Matthew 12:36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
See All... – To Give Account for Every Idle Word; may God help us to keep a watch on our tongue.
Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.