What the Bible says about Wisdom as the Ability to Judge
(From Forerunner Commentary)
The wise, prudent person follows truth. He consciously weighs his options and deliberately chooses not to twist the truth. He does not walk on blindly, leaving things to the chance that his deceit will not be discovered. True wisdom is the ability to judge present circumstances with the view of future success. Truth is always ultimately successful.
Conversely, folly means "foolishness, senselessness, idiocy, brainlessness, silliness, and irrationality." Why is a person's folly senseless? Because the one senselessly deceiving is himself deceived. As we might say, "He is shooting himself in the foot," not grasping the fact that he, too, will be crushed by his deceit.
John W. Ritenbaugh
The Ninth CommandmentRelated Topics: Folly as Foolishness | Folly as Irrationality | Folly as Senselessness | Prudence | Self Deception | Wisdom