FOOL: Moral Profiling in the Bible is a forensic, worldview-conscious study of fools and folly as depicted in the wisdom literature of the Bible, especially the Book of Proverbs. The message of author Garry D. Nation is that character deficiency (folly) is a vicious, predictable, downward spiral of destructive personal choices. Nation calls that spiral Character Deficiency Syndrome. The simple fool doesn't understand the consequences that will come from his choices; the self-confident fool believes he can escape the consequences; the committed fool doesn't care if there are consequences; to scorner scoffs at the consequences. In their wake they leave a trail of unhappiness for themselves and for others. Moral upbringing and ethics training may interrupt and temper Character Deficiency Syndrome, but God's grace alone can cure it and protect the simple from falling into it.
