Bible Questions Answered:
“...not everyone believes in god, so
what of those who don't...”
Harry/Coventry, England United Kingdom
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
The Fool And His
Belief:
Proverbs 1:7 KJV
The fear of The
Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and
instruction.
Proverbs 12:23 KJV
"...the
heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Psalm 14:1,9
KJV
1 The fool
hath said in his heart, There is no God..."
9 Fools make
a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.
Proverbs 15:5
KJV
A fool despiseth his father's
instruction..."
Proverbs 28:26
KJV
He that trusteth in his own heart is
a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
The
Fool And His Walk:
I Samuel 26:21 KJV
Then said Saul,
I have sinned...behold, I have played the fool, and have erred
exceedingly.
Ecclesiastes 2:14 KJV
"...the fool walketh in
darkness..."
Psalm 53:1 KJV
Psalm 53:1 The
fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and
have done abominable iniquity..."
Proverbs 10:23
NLT
Doing wrong is
fun for a fool, but living wisely brings pleasure to the sensible.
Proverbs 13:16
NLT
Wise people
think before they act; fools don’t—and even brag about their
foolishness.
Proverbs 14:9 KJV
Fools make a mock at sin..."
Proverbs 14:16
NLT
The wise are cautious and avoid
danger; fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence.
Proverbs 18:6,7
NLT
6 Fools’ words get them into
constant quarrels; they are asking for a beating.
7 The mouths of fools are their
ruin; they trap themselves with their lips.
The Fool And His
Standing Before God:
Ecclesiastes 5:4 KJV
"... for He hath no pleasure in
fools..."
Psalm 7:11 KJV
"... God is angry with the
wicked every day.
The Fool And His Heart:
Ecclesiastes 7:4 MSG
"...Fools waste their lives in
fun and games.
Proverbs 18:2
NLT
Fools have no interest in
understanding; they only want to air their own opinions.
The
Fool And His Deceit:
Proverbs 10:18
KJV
He that hideth hatred with lying
lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Proverbs 12:15
KJV
The way of a fool is right in his
own eyes
Proverbs 14:7-9
KJV
7 Go from the presence of a foolish
man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to
understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
9 Fools make a mock at sin: but
among the righteous there is favor.
Proverbs
18:7 KJV
A fool's mouth is his destruction,
and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Ecclesiastes
2:14 KJV
The wise man's eyes are in his head;
but the fool walketh in darkness:
The Fool And His Food:
Proverbs 15:14
KJV
"...the mouth of fools feedeth
on foolishness.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 NLT
Wise words bring approval, but fools
are destroyed by their own words.
The Fool And His
Wealth:
Jeremiah 17:11 KJV
As the
partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth
riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days,
and at his end shall be a fool.
Psalm 49:10 KJV
For he seeth
that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish,
and leave their wealth to others.
Matthew 7:26,27 KJV
26 And every one that heareth these
sayings of Mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish
man, which built his house upon the sand:
27 And the rain descended, and the
floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it
fell: and great was the fall of it.
Luke 12:20 KJV
But God said unto him, Thou fool,
this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those
things be, which thou hast provided?
The Fool And His End:
Proverbs 3:35 KJV
The wise shall
inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Proverbs
10:8,10 ESV
8 The wise of
heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to
ruin.
10 Whoever
winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Luke 12:20 KJV
But God said unto him, Thou fool,
this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those
things be, which thou hast provided?