Proverbs

This summer, I am working my way through the Proverbs.  These were written by King Solomon as guidance for his children and the young adults in his life.  I certainly could use some wisdom.   In each chapter of Proverbs, I'm working through these steps:

1. Pray first.  I pray that God will open my eyes and help me to gain and apply the wisdom.  
2. Content:
1. I summarize each verse or section of the chapter. (Google BSF homiletics)
2. I look for particular themes that I chose to focus on
1. Attributes of God
2. Success/Blessing vs Destruction
3. Fools/Scoffers - recognizing them by their behavior, responding to a fool
4. Money
5. Work
6. Marriage/Love
7. Worry/Stress/Fear vs. Peace
8. Family/Parenting
9. Heart/Mind
10. Words/Speech 
11. Sin/Evil
12. Wisdom/Knowledge
3. What is the overall principle? The purpose?  Write questions to apply.
4. What will I apply to my life? Specifically.
5. Pray again.

I am particularly interested in reading about fools.   The original Hebrew had many words for fools and each had a slightly different meaning.  However, I'm going to be looking at fool as a general term.  The answers I seek are... Are there people who truly are "fools?" How do I recognize them? How do I respond to them?  Is it even right to call them a fool?   

I suppose there have been difficult people around for all time.  I'm sure Solomon dealt with more than his fair share since he was a king.  I can think of a few people who have caused me frustration, anger, or pain because of poor choices/responses/behavior.  This is my quest to figure out how I should behave.    I'm also doing Internal Family Systems therapy during my therapy sessions.  It's quite interesting, but that's a subject  for another time....