Date: July 22, 2026. Lesson 143-2026. Title: When Wisdom Is Placed in the Wrong Hands

What you'll learn

• 1 (00:33) **Episode Opening & Context** - Rick Wiles opens the lesson, emphasizing the hunger for wisdom as the prerequisite for the study, and sets the context of a 10-month study of Proverbs, now in chapter 26.
• 2 (03:18) **Passage Introduction: Proverbs 26:6-9** - Dr. Burkle introduces the day's passage, a tightly unified gallery of four images about what happens when wisdom, honor, or responsibility is placed in the wrong hands.
• 3 (07:43) **Verse 6: The Self-Destructive Cost of Using a Fool** - Rick and Doc explore the first image: sending a message by a fool is as self-destructive as cutting off your feet and drinking poison.
• 4 (19:47) **The Theology of Stewardship in Messaging** - Dr. Burkle frames the lesson in terms of stewardship over the instruments of communication, referencing 2 Timothy 2:2 as the New Testament criterion for faithful transmission.
• 5 (28:28) **Verse 8: Giving Honor to a Fool is Like Binding a Stone in a Sling** - The lesson jumps to verse 8, using the image of a stone tied into a sling to describe the futility of giving honor to a fool.
• 6 (40:24) **Verses 7 & 9: The Parable in the Mouth of Fools – From Useless to Dangerous** - The lesson returns to verses 7 and 9, which share the same closing phrase, to show the escalation from a useless parable to a dangerous one.
• 7 (47:18) **The Danger of Mishandling Scripture** - Rick and Doc apply the principle to preaching and teaching, warning that a fool wielding scripture can wound the people who hear it.

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