DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO FOLLY?

In Proverbs 14:29, we read, “Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.” For the first part of my life, I reacted swiftly with anger toward anything, or anyone, who stepped in the path I had decided upon.

Rather, folly or foolishness refers to someone who lacks the proper fear or respect for God. He or she is therefore prone to go in the wrong direction in life. Psalm 14:1 says, “The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God. '”

JAMES 1:19

Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.