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 will say to him, No, my brother, thou shalt not humble me; for so it shall not be done in Israel: thou shalt not do this folly. And I, whither shall I cause my reproach to go? and thou wilt be as one of the foolish in Israel. And now, speak now, to the king, and he will not withhold me from thee.
To the overseer; of David. The fool said in his heart, No God. They were corrupted, they made their; works abominable, none doing good.
For mine iniquities passed over my head: as a heavy lifting up they will be loaded above me.
Good the poor one going in his integrity above the perverse of lips, and he foolish.
And silly and ignorant questions refuse, knowing that they produce strifes.
Hastings
The Heb. language is rich in words which express various kinds of folly. 1. The kes
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And didst not permit me to kiss my sons and to my daughters? now thou wert foolish doing it
And they brought the maiden to the door of the house of her father, and the men of her city stoned her with stones and she died; for she did folly in Israel to commit fornication in her father's house: and thou didst put away evil from the midst of thee.
To Jehovah will ye recompense this, A people foolish and not wise? He thy father: did he not buy thee? He made thee, and he will protect thee.
And it was he being taken with the devoted thing shall be burnt in fire, he and all which is to him: for he passed by the covenant of Jehovah, and because he did folly in Israel.
And the heart of David will strike him after he thus reviewed the people. And David will say to Jehovah, I sinned greatly in what I did: and now, O Jehovah, now pass by the iniquity of thy servant, for I was very foolish.
To the overseer; of David. The fool said in his heart, No God. They were corrupted, they made their; works abominable, none doing good.
Remember this, the enemy reproached Jehovah, and the foolish people despised thy name.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: the foolish despised wisdom and instruction.
His iniquities shall take the unjust one, and with the cords of his sins shall he be held fast.
A woman of folly being noisy, simple, and she knew not anything.
The foolish one in the day shall make known his anger: but the prudent one covered dishonor.
In the heart of him understanding, wisdom shall rest: and in the midst of fools it shall be made known.
The foolish will deride his father's instruction: and he watching reproof will be crafty.
The mouth of the foolish is destruction to him, and his lips the snare of his soul.
The purpose of folly is sin, and he mocking, an abomination to man.
A stone is heavy and sand a burden, and the wrath of the foolish one heavy more than they two.
Watch thy feet when thou shalt go to the house of God, and draw near to hear, rather than give the sacrifice of the foolish, for they not knowing the doing of evil.
Bringing to naught the signs at vain boasters, and he will make those divining, foolish; turning back the wise backward, and he will frustrate their knowledge.
Because they did folly in Israel, and they will commit adultery with their neighbors' wives, and they will speak the word of a lie in my name, which I commanded them not; and I know, and a witness, says Jehovah.
But I say to you, That every one becoming angry with his brother, shall be subject to judgment: and whoever should say to his brother, Raca, should be, subject to the council: and whoever should say, O foolish, shall be subject to a hell of fire.
And God said to him, O foolish one, this night they require thy soul from thee: and what thou hast prepared, to whom shall it be?
And he said to them, O ye unwise, and slow in heart to believe in all things which the prophets spake:
Wherefore having known God, not as God did they honour or return thanks; but were rendered vain in their conversations, and their heart without understanding was darkened.
Making purchase of time, for 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 cause my reproach to go? and thou wilt be as one of the foolish in Israel. And now, speak now, to the king, and he will not withhold me from thee.
And David will say to God, I sinned greatly that I did this word: and now cause to pass away now the iniquity of thy servant, for I acted very foolishly.
To the overseer; of David. The fool said in his heart, No God. They were corrupted, they made their; works abominable, none doing good.
For mine iniquities passed over my head: as a heavy lifting up they will be loaded above me.
O God, thou knewest for my folly, and my faults were not hid from thee.
The foolish will mock at guilt: and between the upright acceptance.
But I say to you, That every one becoming angry with his brother, shall be subject to judgment: and whoever should say to his brother, Raca, should be, subject to the council: and whoever should say, O foolish, shall be subject to a hell of fire.
A new command give I to you, That ye love one another: as I loved you, that ye also love one another.