Calling Someone A Fool

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.

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.

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

Fools and blind! for which <FI>is<Fi> greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold?

The way of a fool <FI>is<Fi> right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel <FI>is<Fi> wise.

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But--in uncovering his heart.

Fools and blind! for which <FI>is<Fi> greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age--let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

Fear of Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

`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?

because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men;

preach the word; be earnest in season, out of season, convict, rebuke, exhort, in all long-suffering and teaching, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --`On a disease.' --An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, `There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.

And also, when he that is a fool Is walking in the way, his heart is lacking, And he hath said to every one, `He <FI>is<Fi> a fool.'

`And every one who is hearing of me these words, and is not doing them, shall be likened to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand;

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. — read the full passage →

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! — read the full passage →

Even a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!

have ye not known that the unrighteous the reign of God shall not inherit? be not led astray; neither whoremongers, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor sodomites, — read the full passage →

Many teachers become not, my brethren, having known that greater judgment we shall receive,

Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming--I am;'

but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;

The fool--in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.

If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain <FI>is<Fi> the religion;

we <FI>are<Fi> fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we <FI>are<Fi> ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

To execute inventions <FI>is<Fi> as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

put on the whole armour of God, for your being able to stand against the wiles of the devil,

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

The way of a fool <FI>is<Fi> right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel <FI>is<Fi> wise. — read the full passage →

unwise! thou--what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;

Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age--let him become a fool, that he may become wise, — read the full passage →

and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know <FI>them<Fi> , because spiritually they are discerned;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

I declare concerning a statute: Jehovah said unto me, `My Son Thou <FI>art<Fi> , I to-day have brought thee forth.

`I am not able of myself to do anything; according as I hear I judge, and my judgment is righteous, because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who sent me.

be subject, then, to God; stand up against the devil, and he will flee from you;

And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

Words of the mouth of the wise <FI>are<Fi> gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up. — read the full passage →

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?

Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

A fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.

The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool <FI>is<Fi> near ruin.

Rested on him hath the Spirit of Jehovah, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and might, The spirit of knowledge and fear of Jehovah. — read the full passage →

Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

`When thy days are full, and thou hast lain with thy fathers, then I have raised up thy seed after thee which goeth out from thy bowels, and have established his kingdom;

then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;

in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we--we shall be changed:

And in the day of the Pentecost being fulfilled, they were all with one accord at the same place, — read the full passage →

verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor an apostle greater than he who sent him;

Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk.

And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.

Fools and blind! for which <FI>is<Fi> greater, the gold, or the sanctuary that is sanctifying the gold? — read the full passage →

The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

for we were once--also we--thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious--hating one another;

And having called together his twelve disciples, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure sicknesses,

Ye <FI>are<Fi> My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that ye know and give credence to Me, And understand that I <FI>am<Fi> He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.

In the mouth of a fool <FI>is<Fi> a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.

Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant <FI>is<Fi> the fool to the wise of heart.

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.

Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --

Remember this--an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `See, I have given thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother is thy prophet;

so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!

and be not drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in the Spirit,

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

envyings, murders, drunkennesses, revellings, and such like, of which I tell you before, as I also said before, that those doing such things the reign of God shall not inherit.

yet to us <FI>is<Fi> one God, the Father, of whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and we through Him;

`And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me; — read the full passage →

and he saith to them, `I am <FI>he<Fi> , be not afraid;'

Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.

--A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge.

Who <FI>is<Fi> this--`the king of glory?' Jehovah--strong and mighty, Jehovah, the mighty in battle.

and it hath been--the man who doth not hearken unto My words which he doth speak in My name, I require <FI>it<Fi> of him.

for Jehovah your God--He <FI>is<Fi> God of the gods, and Lord of the lords; God, the great, the mighty, and the fearful; who accepteth not persons, nor taketh a bribe;

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

with it we do bless the God and Father, and with it we do curse the men made according to the similitude of God; — read the full passage →

for God is not <FI>a God<Fi> of tumult, but of peace, as in all the assemblies of the saints.

Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, — read the full passage →

because there was born to you to-day a Saviour--who is Christ the Lord--in the city of David,

`Ye heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not kill, and whoever may kill shall be in danger of the judgment;

Jesus said to him again, `It hath been written, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.'

And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.'

He doth build a house for My Name, and I have established the throne of his kingdom unto the age. — read the full passage →

and thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,

And God saith unto Moses, `I AM THAT WHICH I AM;' He saith also, `Thus dost thou say to the sons of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.'

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created, — read the full passage →

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

mighty works also--not common--was God working through the hands of Paul,

`For Moses, indeed, unto the fathers said--A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me; him shall ye hear in all things, as many as he may speak unto you;

whom God did raise up, having loosed the pains of the death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it, — read the full passage →

And Thomas answered and said to him, `My Lord and my God;'

when, therefore, he said to them--`I am <FI>he<Fi> ,' they went away backward, and fell to the ground.

Jesus answered them, `Is it not having been written in your law: I said, ye are gods? — read the full passage →

`If I testify concerning myself, my testimony is not true;

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →