Who is the fool

DEVOTION

PROVERBS

WHO IS THE FOOL

Prov 17:28

28 Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue.

NIV

What can we add to this? Could we see this as a fool in the human perspective alone? There are those who when they open their mouths speak such absolute foolishness, speaking as though they had knowledge about something they know nothing about. Surely, if they read the scriptures, they might keep silent instead. But fools in the human sense will always be fools, they cannot help themselves. If they only knew their own words deceive them, revealing their identity. We should learn a lesson from this and not speak about things we know little or nothing about. Trying to seem knowledgeable is only that, and reveals the truth of our ignorance thus showing us to be a fool to others. What reason is a debate in the first place, but to endeavor to impress the other with superior knowledge? It is far better to remain silent and listen then to speak and not be heard. Yet there is still the thought about how God sees fools, those who refuse Jesus as Lord and Savior. It might be better for them to simply keep silent for they speak about evolution, climate change and other so-called human scientific based subjects. If they only knew how foolish their speech is in light of God and his facts, they would keep silent, but that is not going to happen. So for us we need to consider this truth in our own lives.