According to God a fool is someone who doesn't believe in God or believes there is a God but is not as a Christian and is therefore led by the world.
In the Bible a "fool" refers to someone that disregards God and His words. A fool doesn’t listen to or believe in God.
A "fool" referenced in the Bible mocks God.
Psalm
14;1
Fools say to themselves, “There is
no God.”
They
sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.
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Dictionary
Fool
Someone
lacking in common powers of understanding.
a
person lacking in judgment or prudence.
Bad
decision making.
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In
the scriptures many times
a "fool "is mentioned. The scriptures say "fools" hate, lie, mocks, and slander others.
a "fool "is mentioned. The scriptures say "fools" hate, lie, mocks, and slander others.
There
is a great difference between being a fool and doing foolish things.
We
all do foolish things at times, but we don’t repeat them, we learn from our
mistakes.
A
fool does not learn from his mistakes, so he repeatedly makes them.
A
fool does foolish things habitually, continually without reasoning or
rationalization.
Proverbs
10;18
18 Whoever conceals hatred with
lying lips and spreads slander is a fool.
As
Christians we are never to call someone a fool;
Matthew
5;22
22 But I say to you that
everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and
whoever says to his brother, ‘You good-for-nothing,’ shall be guilty before the
supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be guilty enough
to go into the fiery hell.
We
should not associate with fools;
Psalm
14;7
Leave
the presence of a fool,
Or
you will not discern words of knowledge.
Fools
fear the world not God.
Christians
fear God not the world.
The
fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
Proverbs
1;7
The
fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise
wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs
3;35
The
wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame.
Numbers
12;11
and
he said to Moses, “Please, my lord, I ask you not to hold against us the sin we
have so foolishly committed.
Deuteronomy
32;6
Is
this the way you repay the Lord, you foolish and unwise people?
Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed you?
1
Samuel 13;13
“You
have done a foolish thing,” Samuel said. “You have not kept the
command the Lord your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your
kingdom over Israel for all time
1
Chronicles 21;8
Then
David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this. Now, I beg you, take
away the guilt of your servant. I have done a very foolish
thing.”
Job
5;2
Resentment
kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Job
12;17
He
leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges.
Psalm
49;10
For
all can see that the wise die, that the foolish and the senseless
also perish, leaving their wealth to others.
Psalm
74;18
Remember
how the enemy has mocked you, Lord, how foolish people have
reviled your name.
Psalm
74;22
Rise
up, O God, and defend your cause; remember how fools mock you all
day long.
Psalm
107;17
Some
became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered
affliction because of their iniquities.
Proverbs
10;8
The
wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to
ruin.
Proverbs
10;18
Whoever
conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool.
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2/21/19