Jeremiah 4
22 " For My people are foolish, They have not known Me. They are silly children, And they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge."
Romans 2
20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law.
IN REAL LIFE I HAVE NOTED THE FOLLOWING
1) STUPID PEOPLE SAY AND DO STUPID THINGS BECAUSE THEY ARE STUPID22 " For My people are foolish, They have not known Me. They are silly children, And they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, But to do good they have no knowledge."
Romans 2
20 an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having the form of knowledge and truth in the law.
IN REAL LIFE I HAVE NOTED THE FOLLOWING
4) STUPID PEOPLE CANNOT ACCEPT REBUKE OR CORRECTION BECAUSE THE ARE STUPID AND UNWISE
5) THE BIBLE TELLS US TO STAY AWAY FROM STUPID PEOPLE AND NOT TO DEBATE WITH THEM
THE DICTIONARY DEFINES STUPID AS
1.
lacking intelligence or common sense.
"I was stupid enough to think she was perfect"
| synonyms: | unintelligent, ignorant, dense, foolish, dull-witted, slow, simpleminded, vacuous, vapid, idiotic, imbecilic, imbecile, obtuse, doltish;
informalthick, dim, dimwitted, slow-witted, dumb, dopey, dozy, moronic, cretinous, pea-brained, halfwitted, soft in the head, brain-dead, boneheaded, thickheaded, wooden-headed, muttonheaded, daft
"they're rather stupid"
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IT DEFINES FOOLISH AS
1.
(of a person or action) lacking good sense or judgment; unwise.
"it was foolish of you to enter into correspondence"
| synonyms: | stupid, silly, idiotic, witless, brainless, vacuous, mindless, unintelligent, thoughtless, half-baked, harebrained, imprudent, incautious, injudicious, unwise;
informaldumb, dim, dimwitted, halfwitted, thick, crack-brained, crackpot, pea-brained, wooden-headed, dumb-ass, chowderheaded
"don't let your foolish impulses get you into trouble"
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THE OLD TESTAMENT USED THE WORD FOOLISH MANY TIMES INCLUDING
Numbers 12
11 So Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord! Please do not lay this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned.
Deuteronomy 32
6 Do you thus deal with the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?
1 Samuel 13
13 And Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you. For now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
2 Samuel 15
31 Then someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O LORD, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!"
2 Samuel 24
10 And David's heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O LORD, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly."
2 Chronicles 16
9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars."
Job 2
10 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Job 5
2 For wrath kills a foolish man, And envy slays a simple one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his dwelling
Psalms 38
5 My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness.
Psalms 39
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
Psalms 49
13 This is the way of those who are foolish, And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah
Psalms 69
5 O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You.
Psalms 73
22 I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.
Proverbs 9
6 Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.
13 A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing.
Numbers 12
11 So Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord! Please do not lay this sin on us, in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned.
Deuteronomy 32
6 Do you thus deal with the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?
1 Samuel 13
13 And Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you. For now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
2 Samuel 15
31 Then someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O LORD, I pray, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!"
2 Samuel 24
10 And David's heart condemned him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done; but now, I pray, O LORD, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly."
2 Chronicles 16
9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars."
Job 2
10 But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Job 5
2 For wrath kills a foolish man, And envy slays a simple one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his dwelling
Psalms 38
5 My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness.
Psalms 39
8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.
Psalms 49
13 This is the way of those who are foolish, And of their posterity who approve their sayings. Selah
Psalms 69
5 O God, You know my foolishness; And my sins are not hidden from You.
Psalms 73
22 I was so foolish and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.
Proverbs 9
6 Forsake foolishness and live, And go in the way of understanding.
13 A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing.
THESE SCRIPTURES TELL US THERE ARE REAL NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES TO BEING FOOLISH OR STUPID THAT IDIOTS WILL NOT AVOID THEM
Proverbs 10
1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
14 Wise people store up knowledge, But the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 12
23 A prudent man conceals knowledge, But the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
Proverbs 14
1 The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish pulls it down with her hands.
7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, When you do not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.
17 A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of wicked intentions is hated.
24 The crown of the wise is their riches, But the foolishness of fools is folly.
Proverbs 15
2 The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, But the mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.
14 The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
20 A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 17
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 19
3 The foolishness of a man twists his way, And his heart frets against the LORD.
13 A foolish son is the ruin of his father, And the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.
Proverbs 21
20 There is desirable treasure, And oil in the dwelling of the wise, But a foolish man squanders it.
Proverbs 22
15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him.
Proverbs 24
9 The devising of foolishness is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men.
Proverbs 29
9 If a wise man contends with a foolish man, Whether the fool rages or laughs, there is no peace.
Proverbs 30
32 If you have been foolish in exalting yourself, Or if you have devised evil, put your hand on your mouth.
Ecclesiastes 7
17 Do not be overly wicked, Nor be foolish: Why should you die before your time?
Ecclesiastes 10
13 The words of his mouth begin with foolishness, And the end of his talk is raving madness.
Isaiah 32
5 The foolish person will no longer be called generous, Nor the miser said to be bountiful; 6 For the foolish person will speak foolishness, And his heart will work iniquity: To practice ungodliness, To utter error against the LORD, To keep the hungry unsatisfied, And he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Jeremiah 5
4 Therefore I said, "Surely these are poor. They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the LORD, The judgment of their God.
21 ' Hear this now, O foolish people, Without understanding, Who have eyes and see not, And who have ears and hear not:
Jeremiah 10
8 But they are altogether dull-hearted and foolish; A wooden idol is a worthless doctrine.
Ezekiel 13
3 Thus says the Lord GOD: "Woe to the foolish prophets, who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!
Zechariah 11
15 And the LORD said to me, "Next, take for yourself the implements of a foolish shepherd.
YES THE BIBLE TELLS US WOE COMES TO THOSE WHO ARE FOOLISH AND UNWISE!
AND THE NEW TESTAMENT ALSO SAYS THINGS ABOUT THE FOOLISH
Matthew 7
26 "But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand:
Matthew 25
2 Now five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
3 Those who were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them,
8 And the foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
Mark 7
22 thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.
Luke 11
40 Foolish ones! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
Luke 24
25 Then He said to them, "O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Romans 1
21 because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Romans 10
19 But I say, did Israel not know? First Moses says: " I will provoke you to jealousy by those who are not a nation, I will move you to anger by a foolish nation."
1 Corinthians 1
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
20 Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.
23 but we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block and to the Greeks foolishness,
25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
27 But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;
1 Corinthians 2
14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 3
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their own craftiness";
1 Corinthians 15
36 Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.
2 Corinthians 11
17 What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
21 To our shame I say that we were too weak for that! But in whatever anyone is bold --- I speak foolishly --- I am bold also.
Galatians 3
1 O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?
Ephesians 5
4 neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks.
1 Timothy 6
9 But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
2 Timothy 2
23 But avoid foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they generate strife.
Titus 3
3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
9 But avoid foolish disputes, genealogies, contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and useless.
James 2
20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
1 Peter 2
15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men ---
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