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Proverbs chapter 9, verse 13.

It says the woman folly is loud.

She is seductive and knows nothing.

Like three descriptions there of folly.

As contrasted with wisdom, don't miss them like first folly is loud

like there is so much noise coming from folly around us in the world loud you see and hear folly i see and hear folly foolishness that which is not wise

like it's all around us it's in what we are scrolling through on our phones so much foolishness it's in what we are scrolling through on our phones. So much foolishness.

It's in what we talk about.

It's in what we hear in conversations all around us in the world.

It's in what we see advertised.

It's what we see promoted as good and right and satisfying. It's folly.

It's loud. It's all around us. Its noise is everywhere. So that's one. Two, it is seductive.

Meaning it draws us in. Foolishness is not repulsive to us. It is seductive to us.

It allures us. It entraps us. Not because it says, like, foolishness doesn't announce,

here's foolishness, come after this. It says, here's that which is good.

Here's that a way that is right. Here's a way that is pleasing. Here's something that will

satisfy. Folly is seductive. It promises that which it cannot keep. It promises that which

it cannot fulfill. That's the whole point of the third description. So

folly is loud, folly is seductive, and yet folly knows nothing. Knows nothing. Like see the emptiness

of folly. Loud, folly, seductive folly, loud foolishness, seductive foolishness.

It is totally empty.

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