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Bible Questions Answered:
“...according
to ephesians 5, who is a fool?...”
Pat/
Melbourne, Australia (Victoria)
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Ephesians
5:15 KJV
See
then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Ephesians
5:15 NLT
So
be careful how you live, not as fools but as those who are wise.
Who
Is A Fool?
*
The person who says in his heart, there is no God!
Psalm
14:1 KJV (Psalm 53:1)
The
fool hath said in his heart, There is no God...”
*
The person who trusts in his own judgment.
Proverbs
26:12 KJV
Seest
thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than
of him.
Proverbs
28:26 KJV
He
that trusteth in his own heart is a fool...”
Jeremiah 17:9 KJV
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
*
The person who thinks his way is right, despite what God says.
Proverbs
12:15 KJV
The
way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto
counsel is wise.
Proverbs
16:25 KJV
There
is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the
ways of death.
Romans
1:21,22 KJV
21
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified Him not as God,
neither were Thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and
their foolish heart was darkened.
22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
I Corinthians 3:19 KJV
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is
written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
*The
person who thinks that money and goods are are his salvation.
Luke
12:16-21 KJV
16
And He spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain
rich man brought forth plentifully:
17
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I
have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18
and he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build
greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19
And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for
many years; take thine ease, eat, drink and be merry.
20
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be
required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou has
provided?
21
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward
God.
*
The person who has no time for wisdom or instruction.
Proverbs
1:7,22 KJV
7
The fear of The Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise
wisdom and instruction.
22
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And the scorners
delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs
18:2 NLT
Fools
have o interest in understanding, they only want to air their own
opinions.
*
The person who is quick tempered.
Proverbs
14:16,17 NLT
16
The wise are cautious and avoid danger; fools plunge ahead with great
confidence.
17
Those who are short-tempered do foolish things...”
Proverbs
29:11 NLT
Fools
vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back.
Ecclesiastes 7:9
KJV
Be
not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom
of fools.
*
The person who's heart is full of hatred.
Proverbs
10:18 KJV
He
that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander is
a fool.
*
The person who makes a travesty of sin.
Proverbs
14:9 NLT
Fools
make fun of guilt, but the Godly acknowledge it and seek
reconciliation.
Proverbs
10:23 NLT
Doing
wrong is fun for a fool, while wise conduct is a pleasure to the
wise.
Prayer:
Proverbs
22:17 KJV
Bow
down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart
unto my knowledge.
Matthew
7:24 KJV
Therefore
whosoever heareth these sayings of Mine, and doeth them, I will liken
him unto a wise man, which built his house upon A Rock:
Philippians
2:15 KJV
That
ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in
the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as
lights in the world;