A Character Sketch from Proverbs

Naomi Stamoolis, Narrator

Wendy Golter, Wise

Gail Heppner, Prudent

Kaleb Stamoolis, Simple

Natalie Heppner, Fool

Joel Stamoolis, Scoffer

Naomi writes: One of my favorite ways to read Proverbs is to follow the characters who appear again and again, tracing the development of their defining characteristics. The prudent is a favorite character of mine, often contrasted with the simple or the fool, or even the scoffer. As I’ve read Proverbs through the years, collecting verses that define the prudent and the simple and others, I’ve come to visualize the characters of Proverbs on a number-line of wisdom. The wise and the prudent are moving in the positive direction, while the fool and the scoffer are pursuing the negative direction. The simple hangs out right at zero, and many proverbs are a warning and a plea for the simple to commit to the way of wisdom. I’ve arranged this collection of verses from Proverbs to highlight these characters and their position on the number-line

of wisdom.