TSK · Proverbs 23:9

Introduction to the Theme of the Book Fearing the LORD is the beginning of discernment, but fools have despised wisdom and moral instruction.

Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you.

They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered,“Don’t respond to him.”

More Warnings about the Pharisees The Pharisees(who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him.

The man replied,“This is a remarkable thing, that you don’t know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see!

Many of them were saying,“He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?”

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking,“What does this foolish babbler want to say?” Others said,“He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods.”(They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement:“The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!