WISDOM%20(Ecclesiastes)

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• WISDOM (Ecclesiastes)
• THOUGHTS 710, Say not thou, What is the
  cause that the former days were better than
  these? for thou dost not enquire wisely
  concerning this. wisely Heb. out of wisdom
• JUDGMENT 915, Now there was found in it a
  poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the
  city.
• ACTION 221, For there is a man whose labour
  is in wisdom

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FOLLY
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Folly Folly in the biblical sense of the
word, according to which it is not so much
stupidity as wilful perverseness, light-hearted
but depraved. (W.J. Deane, Pulpit Commentary, p.
504) Wisdom is the way of the moral and
spiritual man while foly is the way of a man with
twisted values. (Louis Goldberg, Theological
Wordbook of the Ol Testament, p. 625)
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FOLLY
I. UNDERSTANDING FOLLY
Some Bible examples of folly

• Immorality, Deut. 2221 2 Sam. 1312
• Unrestricted acquaintance with pleasure and
  accumulation of things, Eccl. 21-11 Ps.
  4911-13
• Easily becoming angry, Prov. 1417, 29 Eph.
  426
• Teaching error, Jer. 2313-14 Lam. 214 Jer.
  530-31 2 Tim. 43-4
• Falsely accusing the righteous, Job 428
• Refusing instruction, Prov. 1622 1318 1532

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FOLLY
I. UNDERSTANDING FOLLY
II. WHY DO PEOPLE ENGAGE IN FOLLY?
A. Folly results from erring in the heart, Prov.
423
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Folly in the life comes from folly in the
heart. Deut. 2918-19, Lest there should be
among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe,
whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD
our God, to go and serve the gods of these
nations lest there should be among you a root
that beareth gall and wormwood And it come to
pass, when he heareth the words of this curse,
that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I
shall have peace, though I walk in the
imagination of mine heart
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Folly in the life comes from folly in the
heart. Est. 66, So Haman came in. And the
king said unto him, What shall be done unto the
man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman
thought in his heart, To whom would the king
delight to do honour more than to myself? Ps.
106, He hath said in his heart, I shall not be
moved for I shall never be in adversity. Ps.
1011, He hath said in his heart, God hath
forgotten he hideth his face he will never see
it. Ps. 1013, Wherefore doth the wicked
contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt
not require it.
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Folly in the life comes from folly in the
heart. Ps 141, 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. Matt. 528, But I say unto you,
That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after
her hath committed adultery with her already in
his heart. Matt. 2448, But and if that evil
servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth
his coming.
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FOLLY
I. UNDERSTANDING FOLLY
II. WHY DO PEOPLE ENGAGE IN FOLLY?
A. Folly results from erring in the heart, Prov.
423 148
B. Because they are hasty of spirit, Prov. 148
C. Because they reject the Lords ways, 1 Cor.
118-23 D. Circumstances reveal ones folly,
Heb. 1117
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FOLLY
I. UNDERSTANDING FOLLY
Some Bible examples of folly

• Immorality, Deut. 2221 2 Sam. 1312
• Unrestricted acquaintance with pleasure and
  accumulation of things, Eccl. 21-11 Ps.
  4911-13
• Easily becoming angry, Prov. 1417, 29 Eph.
  426
• Teaching error, Jer. 2313-14 Lam. 214 Jer.
  530-31 2 Tim. 43-4
• Falsely accusing the righteous, Job 428
• Refusing instruction, Prov. 1622 1318 1532

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FOLLY
I. UNDERSTANDING FOLLY
II. WHY DO PEOPLE ENGAGE IN FOLLY?
III. AVOIDING FOLLY
A. Develop a fear of folly, Eccl. 101 Prov.
1712
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FOLLY
I. UNDERSTANDING FOLLY
Some Bible examples of folly

• Immorality, Deut. 2221 2 Sam. 1312
• Unrestricted acquaintance with pleasure and
  accumulation of things, Eccl. 21-11 Ps.
  4911-13
• Easily becoming angry, Prov. 1417, 29 Eph.
  426
• Teaching error, Jer. 2313-14 Lam. 214 Jer.
  530-31 2 Tim. 43-4
• Falsely accusing the righteous, Job 428
• Refusing instruction, Prov. 1622 1318 1532

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FOLLY
I. UNDERSTANDING FOLLY
II. WHY DO PEOPLE ENGAGE IN FOLLY?
III. AVOIDING FOLLY
A. Develop a fear of folly, Eccl. 101 Prov.
1712
B. Develop a healthy respect for wisdom, Eccl.
213 Prov. 223
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• WISDOM (Ecclesiastes)
• THOUGHTS 710, Say not thou, What is the
  cause that the former days were better than
  these? for thou dost not enquire wisely
  concerning this. wisely Heb. out of wisdom
• JUDGMENT 915, Now there was found in it a
  poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the
  city.
• ACTION 221, For there is a man whose labour
  is in wisdom

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FOLLY
I. UNDERSTANDING FOLLY
II. WHY DO PEOPLE ENGAGE IN FOLLY?
III. AVOIDING FOLLY
A. Develop a fear of folly, Eccl. 101 Prov.
1712
B. Develop a healthy respect for wisdom, Eccl.
213 Prov. 223
C. Discipline yourself to drive folly from your
heart, Prov. 2215 D. Do not be a companion of
fools, Prov. 1712 1320
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FOLLY
I. UNDERSTANDING FOLLY
Some Bible examples of folly

• Immorality, Deut. 2221 2 Sam. 1312
• Unrestricted acquaintance with pleasure and
  accumulation of things, Eccl. 21-11 Ps.
  4911-13
• Easily becoming angry, Prov. 1417, 29 Eph.
  426
• Teaching error, Jer. 2313-14 Lam. 214 Jer.
  530-31 2 Tim. 43-4
• Falsely accusing the righteous, Job 428
• Refusing instruction, Prov. 1622 1318 1532

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FOLLY
I. UNDERSTANDING FOLLY
II. WHY DO PEOPLE ENGAGE IN FOLLY?
A. Folly results from erring in the heart, Prov.
423 148
B. Because they are hasty of spirit, Prov. 148
C. Because they reject the Lords ways, 1 Cor.
118-23 D. Circumstances reveal ones folly,
Heb. 1117
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FOLLY
I. UNDERSTANDING FOLLY
II. WHY DO PEOPLE ENGAGE IN FOLLY?
III. AVOIDING FOLLY
A. Develop a fear of folly, Eccl. 101 Prov.
1712
B. Develop a healthy respect for wisdom, Eccl.
213 Prov. 223
C. Discipline yourself to drive folly from your
heart, Prov. 2215 D. Do not be a companion of
fools, Prov. 1712 1320