Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on? Do you suppose the God who makes ears is deaf? That the one who formed your eyes is blind? He punishes the nations. He knows everything. Doesn’t he also know what you are doing? Won’t he also punish you? The Lord...
Better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a fool. Ecclesiastes 7:5 NLT You’ll get more from the rebuke of a sage than from the song and dance of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:5 MSG
Proverbs has much to say about fools (Note 1). The futility of trying to impart wisdom to a fool is the basis of Proverbs 26:4-5, which tell us how to answer a fool: 4 Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, or you will become as foolish as him. 5 Be sure to...
I have a failing. I will often refer to someone as a nincompoop. Or a fool. This is both un-Christian and not my judgment to make. It is, in fact, a sin. If I were Catholic, I might say it is only a minor sin. But I am Evangelical and believe that God does not grade...
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Proverbs 26:4-5 ESV Proverbs 26:4-5 highlights the futility of trying to impart wisdom to a fool. Verse 4 warns against...