Schemes Of Folly Are Sin

Proverbs 24:3-9 – By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. The wise prevail through great power, and those who have knowledge muster their strength. Surely you need guidance to wage war, and victory is won through many advisers. Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths. Whoever plots evil will be known as a schemer. The schemes of folly are sin, and people detest a mocker.

Proverbs 21:22 – One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.

Proverbs 1:11-16,20-22 – If they say, “Come along with us; let’s lie in wait for innocent blood, let’s ambush some harmless soul; let’s swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder; cast lots with us; we will all share the loot”—my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths; for their feet rush into evil, they are swift to shed blood…Out in the open wisdom calls aloud, she raises her voice in the public square; on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech: “How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 9:17 – “Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”

Application:

• ·         Spiritual weapons ‘have divine power to demolish strongholds.”
• ·         “City gate” was where the leaders of the city met to hold court and where the marketplace was located.
• ·         The goal of sinful men is personal enrichment by theft or oppression, even if they have to commit murder.
• ·         The book of Proverbs teaches that wisdom brings the greatest riches people could ever gain.
• ·         The godly, the truly wise, test human experience in the crucible of faith and afterward give divine wisdom a human voice in their wise instructions

All Scripture verses taken from NIV