This document contains a summary of passages from Proverbs discussing wisdom and foolishness. It notes that a wise man focuses on God's wisdom while a fool is focused on material pleasures. It also discusses training children in righteousness so they do not depart from God when older. Finally, it comments that punishing the just or princes for doing right is not good and that the wise speak few words with an excellent spirit while fools talk excessively and cannot control their anger.

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Gospel Baptist Tabernacle
781 Salem Road, Rossville, GA 30741
Where the Love of God
abounds, everyone is
welcome.
Children’s Church taught
by Paul and Marsha Davis
during preaching.
www.rossvillechurch.com
21 May 2014

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Proverbs 17:23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the
bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.
(TLB) 23 It is wrong to accept a bribe to twist
justice.

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24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding;
but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
A man of Understanding keeps his eyes
focused on the Wisdom of God.
A fool is focused on all
the stuff and pleasure that
he see and wants.

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Shopping channel on tv
Some folks are always looking for
something to want.

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25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and
bitterness to her that bare him.
Again and again we see this Truth in Proverbs.
Ephesians 6 1 Children, obey your parents in the
Lord: for this is right. 2 Honor thy father and
mother; (which is the first commandment with
promise;) 3 That it may be well with thee, and thou
mayest live long on the earth.
We don’t want to be grief and bitterness
to our family.

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Proverbs 22 6 Train up a child in the way he should
go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Our children become what we train them to be.
Train them to grow up and become godly,
productive adults.

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Every day, in every way we train our children,
for good or ill.
Some parents train their children to fuss and cuss;
to whine and complain.
May we train our children to
love the Lord.

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26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike
princes for equity.
Our government
punishes people for
working.
Some punish people for
being Christians.
Some punish people for
having children.
Not good!

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27 He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a
man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.
Two things reveal Wisdom:
An ability to say much with few words.
To have an excellent spirit, or in other words,
To be pleasant and even-tempered.

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28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is
counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is
esteemed a man of understanding.
Two things reveal foolishness:
Never use ten words when a thousand
will do.
Inability to control one’s anger.