Reference: Fool
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Any person who does not act wisely, that is, does not follow the warnings and requirements of God, which are founded in infinite wisdom. Hence "a fool" is put for a wicked man, an enemy or neglecter of God, Ps 14:1; Pr 19:1. So folly is put for wickedness, 2Sa 13:12-13; Ps 38:5, foolish lusts for wicked lusts, etc. Foolish talking, foolish questions, are vain, empty, unprofitable conversation, 2Ti 2:23.
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And she said to him, No, my brother, do not humble me; for no such thing is done in Israel: do not this infamy. And I, whither shall I carry my reproach? and thou wouldest be as one of the infamous in Israel. And now, I pray thee, speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.
My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.
Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
But foolish and senseless questionings avoid, knowing that they beget contentions.
Hastings
The Heb. language is rich in words which express various kinds of folly. 1. The kes
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and hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now thou hast acted foolishly.
then they shall bring out the damsel unto the entrance of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought infamy in Israel, committing fornication in her father's house; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.
Do ye thus requite Jehovah, Foolish and unwise people? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee and established thee?
And it shall be, that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought wickedness in Israel.
And David's heart smote him after he had numbered the people. And David said to Jehovah, I have sinned greatly in what I have done; and now, I beseech thee, Jehovah, put away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.
Remember this, that an enemy hath reproached Jehovah, and a foolish people have contemned thy name.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.
His own iniquities shall take the wicked, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.
The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent man covereth shame.
Wisdom resteth in the heart of the intelligent man; but that which is in the foolish maketh itself known.
A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent.
A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both.
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and draw near to hear, rather than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they know not that they do evil.
he that frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
because they have committed infamy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken words of falsehood in my name, which I had not commanded them: and I am he that knoweth, and am witness, saith Jehovah.
But I say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to be called before the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire.
But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared?
And he said to them, O senseless and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened:
redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Watsons
FOOL, FOLLY, or FOOLISHNESS. The term fool is to be understood sometimes according to its plain, literal meaning, as denoting a person void of understanding; but it is often used figuratively, Ps 38:5; 69:5. "The fool," that is, the impious sinner, "hath said in his heart, There is no God," Ps 14:1. "I have sinned: do away the iniquity of thy servant;
for I have done very foolishly," 1Ch 21:8. "Fools make a mock at sin," Pr 14:9. See also the language of Tamar to her brother Amnon: "Do not this folly; for whither shall I cause my shame to go? And as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel," 2Sa 13:13; that is, Thou wilt be accounted a very wicked person. Our Lord seems to have used the term in a sense somewhat peculiar in Mt 5:22: "Whosoever shall say to his brother, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire." But the whole verse shows the meaning to be, that when any one of his professed disciples indulges a temper and disposition of mind contrary to charity, or that peculiar love which the brethren of Christ are bound by his law to have toward each other, Joh 13:34, not only showing anger against another without a cause, but also treating him with contemptuous language, and that with malicious intent, he shall be in danger of eternal destruction.
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And I, whither shall I carry my reproach? and thou wouldest be as one of the infamous in Israel. And now, I pray thee, speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
And David said to God, I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing; and now, I beseech thee, put away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.
My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.
Thou, O God, knowest my foolishness, and my trespasses are not hidden from thee.
Fools make a mock at trespass; but for the upright there is favour.
But I say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to be called before the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire.
A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.