Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
General references
Bible References
Fools
Proverbs 1:22
“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning?
How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing,
How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?
“How long, O naive ones [you who are easily misled], will you love being simple-minded and undiscerning?
How long will scoffers [who ridicule and deride] delight in scoffing,
How long will fools [who obstinately mock truth] hate knowledge?
Proverbs 10:23
Engaging in evil is like sport to the fool [who refuses wisdom and chases sin],
But to a man of understanding [skillful and godly] wisdom brings joy.
Engaging in evil is like sport to the fool [who refuses wisdom and chases sin],
But to a man of understanding [skillful and godly] wisdom brings joy.
Proverbs 26:18
Like a madman who throws
Firebrands, arrows, and death,
Like a madman who throws
Firebrands, arrows, and death,
Proverbs 30:20
This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth
And says, “I have done no wrong.”
This is the way of an adulterous woman:
She eats and wipes her mouth
And says, “I have done no wrong.”
Job 15:16
How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt,
Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water!
How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt,
Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water!
Job 34:7
“What man is like Job,
Who drinks up derision like water,
“What man is like Job,
Who drinks up derision like water,
Jude 1:18
They used to say to you, “In the last days there will be scoffers, following after their own ungodly passions.”
Among
Proverbs 3:4
So find favor and high esteem
In the sight of God and man.
So find favor and high esteem
In the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 8:35
“For whoever finds me (Wisdom) finds life
And obtains favor and grace from the Lord.
“For whoever finds me (Wisdom) finds life
And obtains favor and grace from the Lord.
Proverbs 12:2
A good man will obtain favor from the Lord,
But He will condemn a man who devises evil.
A good man will obtain favor from the Lord,
But He will condemn a man who devises evil.
Proverbs 13:15
Good understanding wins favor [from others],
But the way of the unfaithful is hard [like barren, dry soil].
Good understanding wins favor [from others],
But the way of the unfaithful is hard [like barren, dry soil].
Romans 14:17
for the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking [what one likes], but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
General references
Proverbs 10:23
Engaging in evil is like sport to the fool [who refuses wisdom and chases sin],
But to a man of understanding [skillful and godly] wisdom brings joy.
Engaging in evil is like sport to the fool [who refuses wisdom and chases sin],
But to a man of understanding [skillful and godly] wisdom brings joy.