Plain and Simple

Proverbs Chapter 14 consists of 35 verses,

verses 12-24 are listed below:

12.There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. 

13.Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. 

14.The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

15.The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

16.A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

17.He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

18.The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

19.The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. 

20.The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

21.He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

22.Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

23.In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. 

24.The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

 Background Information: 

King Solomon was an Israelite from the tribe of Judah, descended from Abraham (Abram the Hebrew) and Sarah (Sarai), Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob (Israel) and his 1st wife Leah, and Jacob and Leah's 4th born son Judah. Solomon was the 3rd king to rule over all of the Israelites in the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham, and Isaac, and to Jacob, and their descendants.  The divinely inspired proverbs spoken by Solomon reveal that there are those who are wise and others who are foolish. People who are wise depend upon the Lord God, and people who are foolish depend upon their own perceptions. Wise people, surrounded by knowledge, continually choose their actions based upon reverential fear of the Lord God. Foolish people act without forethought and from a misguided belief and confidence in self. Over 900 years after Rehoboam, the son born to Solomon and Naamah, became the 4th king to rule over all of the Israelites, John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, were born. John the Baptist was born into the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi to Zechariah (Zacharias) the priest and his wife Elizabeth (Elisabeth). Jesus the Christ was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Elizabeth's relative Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after John the Baptist and Jesus the Christ were born, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. Jesus used at least 2 different parables in lessons that involved the wise and the foolish.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel 1:1-3:21, 8:1-31:13, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1:1-14:31, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles 1:1-12:16, Proverbs, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

Reference Scripture:

The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;-Proverbs 1:1

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