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 saith to him, 'Nay, my brother, do not humble me, for it is not done so in Israel; do not this folly. And I -- whither do I cause my reproach to go? and thou -- thou art as one of the fools in Israel; and now, speak, I pray thee, unto the king; for he doth not withhold me from thee.'
To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.
Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.
Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse in his lips, who is a fool.
and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,
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 in doing so;
then they have brought out the damsel unto the opening of her father's house, and stoned her have the men of her city with stones, and she hath died, for she hath done folly in Israel, to go a-whoring in her father's house; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst.
To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father -- thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee.
and it hath been, he who is captured with the devoted thing is burnt with fire, he and all that he hath, because he hath transgressed the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath done folly in Israel.'
And the heart of David smiteth him, after that he hath numbered the people, and David saith unto Jehovah, 'I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, and now, O Jehovah, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.'
To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.
Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.
Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!
His own iniquities do capture the wicked, And with the ropes of his sin he is holden.
The fool -- in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.
In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.
A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.
The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
The thought of folly is sin, And an abomination to man is a scorner.
A stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.
Keep thy feet when thou goest unto a house of God, and draw near to hear rather than to give of fools the sacrifice, for they do not know they do evil.
Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.
Because that they have done folly in Israel, and commit adultery with the wives of their neighbours, and speak a word in My name falsely that I have not commanded them, and I am He who knoweth and a witness -- an affirmation of Jehovah.
but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.
And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?
And he said unto them, 'O inconsiderate and slow in heart, to believe on all that the prophets spake!
because, having known God they did not glorify Him as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart 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 do I cause my reproach to go? and thou -- thou art as one of the fools in Israel; and now, speak, I pray thee, unto the king; for he doth not withhold me from thee.'
and David saith unto God, 'I have sinned exceedingly, in that I have done this thing; and now, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.'
To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.
Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.
O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.
Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.
but I -- I say to you, that every one who is angry at his brother without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment, and whoever may say to his brother, Empty fellow! shall be in danger of the sanhedrim, and whoever may say, Rebel! shall be in danger of the gehenna of the fire.
'A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;