Website owner: James Miller
Foolishness and sin are closely related. Wisdom and Virtue are closely related. Wisdom, Reason, Sense speak against prodigality, waste, the squandering of money and resources; they speak for thrift and frugality. They speak against laziness and indolence; they speak for effort, industriousness, hard work. They speak against carelessness; they speak in favor of care and heedfulness. They speak against impulsiveness, thoughtlessness, impetuousness and rashness; they speak for thought, caution, reflection, and deliberation. They speak against intemperance, immoderation, overindulgence and excess and for temperance, moderation, self-restraint and self- control. They speak against pride and arrogance and for humility and meekness. They speak against dishonesty and deceit and for honesty and truthfulness. They speak against unjustness and unfairness and for justness and fairness. They speak against anger, argument, and strife and for peacefulness and harmony. They speak against covetousness and for being content with little. They speak against doing ill to others and for treating others with politeness, respect and regard. They speak against sexual immorality and for morality, chastity and purity. They speak against carrying hatred, malice, envy and jealousy toward others. In short, Wisdom, Reason and Sense speak against sin and for Goodness, Righteousness and Virtue. Wisdom, Reason, and Sense speak against error and foolishness. Sin is moral or spiritual error. The wise man knows that the way of true happiness in life is the way of wisdom and that the way of wisdom corresponds to the way of Fear of God, Righteousness, Goodness, and Virtue. And he knows that in the end there will be a final judgment and that in the end every man will receive according to his works. The foolish man believes that the way of happiness is the way of sin and carnal pleasure; the way of self-gratification, self-indulgence; the way of the gratification of bodily desires, wants, lusts and appetites. He knows of only one way to live -- the easy way, the natural way; the way of Sin, of spiritual error. Oct 2004