- Commentary- Scobey
A fool in Scripture is never a mentally deficient person, but rather one arrogant and self-sufficient; one who orders his life as if there was no God. See for illustration, Lk 12:16-20. The rich man was not mentally deficient, but he was a “fool” because he supposed that his soul could live on the things in the barn, giving no thought to his eternal wellbeing.[1]
NB Scobey is using a fundamental understanding of reading Scripture, that it is written by the same author, namely the Holy Spirit, and thus one can use another part of Scripture (NT), from a different time frame (1000 years hence perhaps) and author (Luke), to illustrate another part.
- Definition of from Proverbs (Seeds)
Righteousness
V4 diligence
V6 just
V10 boldly reproves
V12 love
V14 knowledge
Wickedness
V4 slack (idleness)
V8 pratting fool
V 10 Winketh with the eye (giving signals to deceive others)
V 12 hatred
v 18 lying lips & slander
not exhaustive, examples
ESV Pratting, babbling fool
- Consequences of (Harvest) Righteousness
V1 gladdens father’s heart takes effort to bring up children with a Christian education
V2 treasures deliver from death both physical avoidance of sinful and destructive behaviors and eternal health/ salvation
V16 labor tends to life
V27 The fear of the Lord prolongeth days
Enough difficulty by way of natural events don’t add to it by living wickedly
Wickedness (foolish)
v1 heaviness in heart of mother
V2 treasures profits nothing
V3 thwarts cravings this is where ESV version is helpful lost substance
v16 fruit is sin
v27 years of the wicked shall be shortened
VIII. Personal impressions
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
How true this is. How many employers have I heard that showing up, doing the job, consistently, etc…
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Hatred is from the devil, father of chaos, destruction.
31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward (obstinate, perverse) tongue shall be cut out.
32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
[1] C. I. Scofield, The Scofield Study Bible, (New York; Oxford Univ. Press 1909) 678