More Hope for a Fool

Proverbs 26:12 KJV
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

The Bible has nothing good to say about a fool. Just within the pages of this chapter we find such words as:
Proverbs 26:1 KJV
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

Proverbs 26:3 KJV
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

Proverbs 26:7-11 KJV
The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

And we could go on with passages that tell us
Psalms 14:1 KJV
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. ….
Again, the word of God has no good thing to say concerning the fool.

And that makes this Proverb that much more powerful. God says there is more hope for a fool than a man who is wise in his own conceit.

Wow!

The man who is wise in his own eyes
The man who is conceited and things too highly of himself
The man who cannot be rebuked and reproved

There is more hope for a fool than there is for him.

Lord help us to be humble!