Tag: fool
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Rage and the Fool
[11] Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.—Proverbs 29 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires. (James 1:19-20)
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Boundaries and Influence
4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.–Proverbs 26
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The Way of the Fool
15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.–Proverbs 12 In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. (Judges 21:25)
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Answering a Fool [1-minute read]
4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.5Answer a fool according to his folly,lest he be wise in his own eyes.–Proverbs 26 Is this a side-by-side biblical contradiction? These verses are literally one right after another. Think of these verses in terms of boundaries and influence. In verse 4,…
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David the Almost Fool
27And now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who follow my lord. 28Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil shall not be found in you…
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A Fool and a Rebuke
10A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.–Proverbs 17 This proverb is almost comical in its absurdity. But it serves to highlight the foolishness of the fool and the sense of the wise. How foolish must that fool be? My goodness! And that’s the point. A rebuke…
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Don’t Act Like God Doesn’t Matter!
8Understand, O dullest of the people!Fools, when will you be wise?9He who planted the ear, does he not hear?He who formed the eye, does he not see?10He who disciplines the nations, does he not rebuke?He who teaches man knowledge—11the LORD—knows the thoughts of man,that they are but a breath.–Psalm 94 This anonymous psalm definitely had a…
Joel M Bradshaw 