Don't be Fooled

"The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: 
   but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise."
                                              Proverbs 12:15

Don't be fooled into thinking the way of a fool
The fool drops out of life, drops out of school
The fool thinks he's right in his own eyes
When it's just his shame in disguise

Listen to and heed the words of the wise
The wise rely on Jesus Who supplies
The wise stay in the game, stay in school
The wise walk away from the lips of a fool

When you think you have all the answers you're a fool--
When you think you are above the law and the rules--
When you think you are better then everyone else--
You're just a fool and your life smells

        Remember don't be fooled into thinking the way of a fool
        Stop --wait-- before you do something stupid, just to be cool

Be wise...

--bro. tim pickl    
Saturday April 1, 2006 A.D.  "Fool's Day"

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Pss.5

  1. [5] The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Pss.14

  1. [1] The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

Pss.38

  1. [5] My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

Pss.39

  1. [8] Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

Pss.49

  1. [10] For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Pss.53

  1. [1] The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

Pss.69

  1. [5] O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

Pss.73

  1. [3] For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
  2. [22] So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

Pss.74

  1. [18] Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
  2. [22] Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

Pss.75

  1. [4] I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Pss.92

  1. [6] A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

Pss.94

  1. [8] Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Pss.107

  1. [17] Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

Prov.1

  1. [7] The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  2. [22] How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  3. [32] For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

Prov.3

  1. [35] The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

Prov.7

  1. [22] He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Prov.8

  1. [5] O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

Prov.9

  1. [6] Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.
  2. [13] A foolish woman is clamourous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

Prov.10

  1. [1] The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
  2. [8] The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
  3. [10] He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
  4. [14] Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
  5. [18] He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
  6. [21] The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
  7. [23] It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Prov.11

  1. [29] He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Prov.12

  1. [15] The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
  2. [16] A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
  3. [23] A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Prov.13

  1. [16] Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
  2. [19] The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
  3. [20] He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Prov.14

  1. [1] Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
  2. [3] In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
  3. [7] Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
  4. [8] The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
  5. [9] Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
  6. [16] A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
  7. [17] He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
  8. [24] The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
  9. [33] Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

Prov.15

  1. [2] The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
  2. [5] A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
  3. [7] The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
  4. [14] The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
  5. [20] A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Prov.16

  1. [22] Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

Prov.17

  1. [7] Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
  2. [10] A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
  3. [12] Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
  4. [16] Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
  5. [21] He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
  6. [24] Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
  7. [25] A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
  8. [28] Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Prov.18

  1. [2] A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
  2. [6] A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
  3. [7] A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Prov.19

  1. [1] Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
  2. [3] The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
  3. [10] Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
  4. [13] A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
  5. [29] Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

Prov.20

  1. [3] It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Prov.21

  1. [20] There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

Prov.22

  1. [15] Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Prov.23

  1. [9] Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Prov.24

  1. [7] Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
  2. [9] The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

Prov.26

  1. [1] As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
  2. [3] A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
  3. [4] Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
  4. [5] Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
  5. [6] He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.
  6. [7] The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
  7. [8] As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
  8. [9] As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
  9. [10] The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
  10. [11] As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
  11. [12] Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Prov.27

  1. [3] A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.
  2. [22] Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Prov.28

  1. [26] He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Prov.29

  1. [9] If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
  2. [11] A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
  3. [20] Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Prov.30

  1. [22] For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
  2. [32] If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth