“Wisdom And Fools:” Lesson Text: Proverbs 11 – 14: Series: Wisdom From Above: Adult Quarterly Sunday School Fall Quarter 2005 September, October, November:

Key Verse: Proverbs 14:7:

King James Version: “Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.”

Interlinear Translation: “Go from before a man foolish, or not you will know the lips of knowledge.”

Strong’s Concordance Translation: “GO = to walk, causative to carry, away, bear, bring, depart, flow, get away, go one’s way, march, pursue, cause to run. FROM = whither, hither, thither, whithersoever. THE PRESENCE = a front, i.e. part opposite, specially a counterpart or mate, usually an over, against or before, aloof, other side, sight, to view. OF A FOOLISH MAN = fat, i.e. figuratively stupid or silly. WHEN THOU PERCEIVEST NOT IN HIM = to know, to ascertain by seeing, observation, care, recognition, causative instruction, designation, punishment, for a certainty, comprehend, consider, discern, discover, be learned, understand, have understanding. THE LIPS = termination, the lip as a natural boundary, by implication language, by analogy a margin of a vessel, band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, prating. OF KNOWLEDGE = cunning, ignorantly, unawares, unwittingly.

Lesson Focus: Proverbs 14:1-3, 7-9, 15-17:

V1: The Provider.

V2: The Perverse.

V3: The Proud.

V7: The Perceiving.

V8: The Prudent.

V9: The Pets.

V15: The Plan.

V16: The Precaution.

V17: The Patience.