Proverbs 18:2

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 the fool:

Proverbs 18:2 (ESV)

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,

but only in expressing his opinion.

I have observed that those who have no understanding of God and lack a desire to want to pursue that knowledge of Him have no problem airing their foolishness. When you strike an empty barrel all you get is noise. So, too, in life. When you have little in the heart, the noise coming out of it can be deefening.  Proverbs 17 and 18 are full of proverbs about the fool. The fool is a grief to parents (17:25). The fool goes against all that is true and right and it makes no sense for the fool to even buy wisdom if they could (17:16). The fool struggles to find what is right and know it when he sees it (17:24). He is better off not talking than to simply reveal his ignorance and foolishness (17:28; 18:6,7). Foolish people are not hard to locate. They reveal themselves rather quickly and do so with they emptiness that is in their heart through the foolishness that comes through their lips. What is in the well comes up in the bucket ... in the case of the fool, there is not much in the bucket ... so says Solomon.

Proverbs 18:6-7 (ESV Strong's)

A fool's lips walk into a fight,

and his mouth invites a beating.

A fool's mouth is his ruin,

and his lips are a snare to his soul.