Topic
Stupidity
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Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident. — read the full passage →
Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge. — read the full passage →
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good.
ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes. — read the full passage →
For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.
For no word from God shall be void of power.
And he went up from thence unto Beth-el; and as he was going up by the way, there came forth young lads out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou baldhead; go up, thou baldhead. — read the full passage →
I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Let every soul be in subjection to the higher powers: for there is no power but of God; and the powers that be are ordained of God. — read the full passage →
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service. — read the full passage →
As a dog that returneth to his vomit, So isa fool that repeateth his folly.
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his graven image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing.
I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I that live, but Christ liveth in me: and that life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith which is in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock. — read the full passage →
Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.
but I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment; and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire.
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
I can do all things in him that strengtheneth me.
Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth his folly.
The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, remembering the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. — read the full passage →
But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; — read the full passage →
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. — read the full passage →
casting all your anxiety upon him, because he careth for you.
Thou didst also take thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest for thee images of men, and didst play the harlot with them;
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Consider, ye brutish among the people; And ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Every scripture inspired of God is also profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction which is in righteousness:
But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.
fear thou not, for I am with thee; be not dismayed, for I am thy God; I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
The Nephilim were in the earth in those days, and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them: the same were the mighty men that were of old, the men of renown.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.
If any man cometh unto me, and hateth not his own father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds.
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith Jehovah, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope in your latter end.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets; — read the full passage →
Every man is become brutish and is without knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his image; for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, Andare become unclean in your sight?
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them in the sight of the Lord, that they strive not about words, to no profit, to the subverting of them that hear.
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honorable, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
And be not fashioned according to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh glad the life; and money answereth all things.
I would that they that unsettle you would even go beyond circumcision.
It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, Than with a contentious woman in a wide house.
He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.
Asa ring of gold in a swine’s snout, So isa fair woman that is without discretion.
A bastard shall not enter into the assembly of Jehovah; even to the tenth generation shall none of his enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
and Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.
Now in the morning as he returned to the city, he hungered. — read the full passage →
And Jehovah spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man. — read the full passage →
Thy teeth are like a flockof ewesthat arenewlyshorn, Which are come up from the washing, Whereof every one hath twins, And none is bereaved among them.
He brought me to the banqueting-house, And his banner over me was love.
Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, And wine unto the bitter in soul:
And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she also hath borne children unto thy brother Nahor: — read the full passage →
And there sat in the window a certain young man named Eutychus, borne down with deep sleep; and as Paul discoursed yet longer, being borne down by his sleep he fell down from the third story, and was taken up dead. — read the full passage →
And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
Paul, calledto bean apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, — read the full passage →
For these are not drunken, as ye suppose; seeing it is but the third hour of the day;
If one be found slain in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath smitten him; — read the full passage →
The simple inherit folly; But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. — read the full passage →
Asa roaring lion, and a ranging bear, So isa wicked ruler over a poor people.
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness.
Ye are severed from Christ, ye who would be justified by the law; ye are fallen away from grace.
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, and Timothy our brother, — read the full passage →
The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing. — read the full passage →
(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Behold, I Paul say unto you, that, if ye receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of God.
But God commendeth his own love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
the same came unto him by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that thou doest, except God be with him.
Surely I am more brutish than any man, And have not the understanding of a man;
A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; Butthe simple pass on, and suffer for it.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel. — read the full passage →
But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye be unreproveable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Whence comewars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?
but shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strifes, and fightings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
But shun profane babblings: for they will proceed further in ungodliness,
neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; so do I now.
Topical index adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Verse text: ASV.