Proverbs 14:6 and a Great Egret with a Fish, Heron Haven, Nebraska.

“A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.” Proverbs 14:6

Carless Fool Faces His Consequences

It’s April fools Day, and when we do foolish things we get caught. No one escapes the consequences of their foolishness. Sooner or later ones acts of foolish catch up with them, and they pay the price.

Like a focused predator, the consequences of our foolishness always snare us. It does not matter what the foolish action was, eventually it will come back to hurt us and those we love.

The book of Proverbs tell us it’s better to live by the wisdom of God instead of by our foolish impulses. Throughout the book it contrasts the ways of the wise to the ways of the fool. And the fool always loses. 

The wise Follow God

Click to read all of Proverbs 14.

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