Proverbs 27:3

The book of Proverbs gives us insights into so many different areas of life. The book gives us instruction on how to live our lives for God. Here is a proverb that gives us insight about interacting with a fool:

Proverbs 27:3 (ESV)

A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,

but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

If you have thin skin you know how difficult it is to deal with a fool (someone who rejects God's truth and does not fear the Lord).   They bring a sense of "heaviness" to a conversation, an organization, a relationship.   Like a huge stone or a bag of sand they are not very movable, seldom flexible and often thick and impenetrable.    Solomon is telling us to beware of how a fool can provoke us and entice us to anger or frustration.   This proverb is not giving us a way to avoid it as much as it is to make us aware of it.   We are to make sure we know this fact and not be fooled by it when confronted and provoked by a fool.   Trying to change their ways or their minds is like moving a large rock or move sand.   Good luck with that.  Don't be caught trying as though you can.   Fools who reject God's truth can't be persuaded by human arguments.   That is like moving a rock with a spoon.   Stay on course with God's truth and allow God to move the rock.   He is good at moving rocks.  Through faith we can move mountains.  That means we are trusting Him to move the fool not our argument.