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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But she answered him, "No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful thing! "As for me, where could I get rid of my reproach? And as for you, you will be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you."
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God " They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good.
My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly.
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool.
But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels.
Hastings
The Heb. language is rich in words which express various kinds of folly. 1. The kes
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and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly.
then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed an act of folly in Israel by playing the harlot in her father's house; thus you shall purge the evil from among you.
"Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.
'It shall be that the one who is taken with the things under the ban shall be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has committed a disgraceful thing in Israel.'"
Now David's heart troubled him after he had numbered the people So David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done But now, O LORD, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly."
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God " They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good.
Remember this, O LORD, that the enemy has reviled, And a foolish people has spurned Your name.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.
A fool's anger is known at once, But a prudent man conceals dishonor.
Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known.
A fool rejects his father's discipline, But he who regards reproof is sensible.
A fool's mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
The devising of folly is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them.
Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil.
Causing the omens of boasters to fail, Making fools out of diviners, Causing wise men to draw back And turning their knowledge into foolishness,
because they have acted foolishly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and have spoken words in My name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am He who knows and am a witness," declares the LORD.'"
"But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
"But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?'
And He said to them, "O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
making the most of your 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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"As for me, where could I get rid of my reproach? And as for you, you will be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you."
David said to God, "I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly."
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God " They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good.
My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly.
O God, it is You who knows my folly, And my wrongs are not hidden from You.
Fools mock at sin, But among the upright there is good will.
"But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell.
"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another.