Five Types of Fools – Steadfast Fool
Proverbs 1:7
In the Hebrew language there is 5 different words that are translated into our English word fool.
This Simple Fool
The Silly Fool
The Sensual Fool
The Scorning Fool
The Steadfast Fool
The wise counselor must know how to identify these people and how to deal with them.
Distinguishing these fools will help let us know when to counsel and the type of counseling they should receive
A fool is someone who does not follow the wisdom of God.
There are different degrees of fools
They go through steps of progression
You need to stop someone before they get too far
Steadfast Fool
naw-BAWL (Heb) – stupid or wicked.
Relates to one that is morally wicked and despises holiness and is a disgrace to his family and all those that try to help him. Proverbs 17:21
A steadfast fool is self confident, close-minded, completely committed to his own god and his own gratification, and has dedicated his life to drawing as many others as he can to his own evil ways. Psalms 14:1
They are the most dangerous of all the fools.
They lead people away, they are in churches, Bible colleges, families, schools.
The steadfast fool is defined in Jude.
Jude 4
They can be women
Lasciviousness is a license to sin.
Jude 12
They have a form but no substance.
I Samuel 25 – Nabal is the example of this fool.
David attempted to reason with Nabal, and Nabal railed on him.
David in turn became bitter with him.
Trying to counsel with this fool is almost impossible, ineffective
God must deal with this type of fool.