2 Samuel 3:33

Abner Is Killed

³² They buried Abner in Hebron; and the king raised his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept. ³³ And the king sang a dirge (funeral song) over Abner and said,“Should Abner [the great warrior] die as a fool dies?
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“Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in fetters;
As a man falls before the wicked, so you have fallen.”And all the people wept again over him.

As a Fool

Foolish Man

Abner

2 Samuel 1:17

Then David sang this dirge (funeral song) over Saul and his son Jonathan,

2 Samuel 13:12-13

She replied, “No, my brother! Do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful thing!

2 Samuel 13:28-29

Now Absalom commanded his servants, “Notice carefully, when Amnon’s heart is joyous with wine, and when I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon,’ then kill him. Do not be afraid; have I not commanded you myself [and in doing so have I not taken full responsibility for his death]? Be courageous and brave.”

2 Chronicles 35:25

Then Jeremiah sung a lament (funeral song) for Josiah, and all the male and female singers have spoken about Josiah in their laments to this day. They made the songs an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are written in the Lamentations.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.

Ecclesiastes 2:15-16

Then I said to myself, “As it happens to the fool, so death will also happen to me. What use is it then for me to be extremely wise?” Then I said in my heart, “This too is vanity (meaningless).”

Jeremiah 17:11

“Like the partridge that hatches eggs which she has not laid,
So is he who makes a fortune in ways that are unjust.
It will be lost to him before his days are over,
And in the end he will be [nothing but] a fool.”

Luke 12:19-20

And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have many good things stored up, [enough] for many years; rest and relax, eat, drink and be merry (celebrate continually).”’