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Fools
"A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing
his own opinions" (Pro. 18:2).
"Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought" (Rom 12:3)
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools” (Rom 1:22).
“... these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand” (2 Pe.
2:12)
For a fool speaks nonsense , And his heart inclines toward wickedness
: To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD (Isa 32:6)
When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue
is wise (Pro. 10:19)
"Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool
than for him" (Pro. 29:20).
"If you have played the fool and exalted yourself ... clap your hand
over your mouth!
(Pro. 30:32).
Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he
holds his tongue
(Pro. 17:28)
A fool's mouth is his undoing, and his lips are a snare to his soul
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The Wise
"The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on
folly" (Pro. 15:14).
“The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright : but the mouth of
fools poureth out foolishness” (Pro. 15:2).
"Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise
brings healing" (Pro. 12:18).
“The tongue of the wise useth
knowledge aright : but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness” (Pro.
15:2). Words from a wise
man's mouth are gracious, but a fool is consumed by his own lips (Ecc.
10:12)
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Excerpts from
"Judgment & Slander":
B. Verb.
blasphemeo (βλασφημέω, 987), “to blaspheme, rail at or revile,” is
used (a) in a general way, of any contumelious speech, reviling,
calumniating, railing at, etc., as of those who railed at Christ, e.g.,
Matt. 27:39; Mark 15:29; Luke 22:65 (rv, “reviling”); 23:39; (b) of
those who speak contemptuously of God or of sacred things, e.g., Matt.
9:3; Mark 3:28; Rom. 2:24; 1 Tim. 1:20; 6:1; Rev. 13:6; 16:9, 11, 21;
“hath spoken blasphemy,” Matt. 26:65; “rail at,” 2 Pet. 2:10; Jude 8,
10; “railing,” 2 Pet. 2:12; “slanderously reported,” Rom. 3:8; “be evil
spoken of,” Rom. 14:16; 1 Cor. 10:30; 2 Pet. 2:2; “speak evil of,” Titus
3:2; 1 Pet. 4:4; “being defamed,” 1 Cor. 4:13. The verb (in the present
participial form) is translated “blasphemers” in Acts 19:37; in Mark
2:7, “blasphemeth,” rv, for kjv, “speaketh blasphemies.”
There is no noun in the original representing the English “blasphemer.”
This is expressed either by the verb, or by the adjective blasphemos.
See defame, rail, report, revile.
"... especially those ... who despise authority. They are presumptuous,
self-willed. They are not afraid to speak evil [blasphemeo] of dignitaries, whereas
angels, who are greater in power and might, do not bring a reviling
accusation against them before the Lord." (2 Pe. 2:10-11).
"Who are you to judge another's
servant? To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made
to stand, for God is able to make him stand." (Rom 14:4)
"Follow the ways of your heart and
whatever your eyes see, but know that for all these things God will
bring you to judgment" (Ecc. 11:9)
"Therefore let us stop passing
judgment on one another" (Rom. 14:13)
"Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both
will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make
manifest the counsels of the hearts" (1 Cor 4:5)
"Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool
than for him" (Pro. 29:20).
"But I tell you that men will have
to give account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have
spoken" (Mat. 12:36)
"If anyone considers himself
religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives
himself and his religion is worthless" (Ja. 1:26)
[KJV-"vain." The word
"vanity" in the Bible means "iniquity."]
"The arrogant cannot stand in your
presence; you hate all who do wrong" (Psa. 5:5)
"Let slanderers not be established
in the land; may disaster hunt down men of violence"
(Psa. 140:11)
"If
anyone does not stumble in word, he is a perfect man ...And the tongue
is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members
that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature;
and it is set on fire by hell ... For where envy and self-seeking exist,
confusion and every evil thing are there. But the wisdom that is from
above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of
mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy. Now the
fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace"
(Jas 3:2,6, 16-18).
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