The simpleton, the fool, and the scorner are the bad boys of Proverbs, and I mean that in no endearing sort of way.

We sometimes use these words that we see in Proverbs interchangeably and understandably so.  These guys are the bad guys in the book of Proverbs.  They are the ones that mothers hope their babies never become.  Let me introduce them to you so that, as you read Proverbs, you will have a sense of the type of person the text is talking about.

They are all bad guys, just different types of bad guys.  Two think they are just fine, while the third, knows he is a problem child and loves it.  Each one thinks that because he is not one of the other two, he is not as bad as he actually is.  We get an introduction to them in Proverbs 1:22. ….

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