Proverbs 10:23
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief:
It would be presumptuous and proud to think that only the behavior in the illustration qualifies as mischief. Any act of mischief – vandalism, gossip, back-stabbing, pilfering, cheating, cruelty, bullying, flirtations, or the host of evil things that people do qualify as mischief; because the persons who do such things, never think that what they are doing is of any consequence. It is “sport” to them.
They are fools!
but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
Sitting at the feet of Jesus is where true wisdom and understanding is to be found. As we can not sit at His physical feet at this moment in time, we can sit at His spiritual feet by going to church and reading His Word. The more His Holy Spirit fills us – the less chance we have of playing the fool. If we put Him on the back-burner, there is every chance that we will commit some sort of mischief, that we do not think is very serious.
If we think in our minds that “It’s not that big of a deal. It’s not like I killed somebody,” then we are making sport of the mischief we are doing, and are counted a fool.
Fill your time and mind with His Word – and there will be no chance for mayhem and foolishness.
The Vine Vigil 