A senseless, a nameless brood, they have been whipped out of the land.
Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.
And she went out and said to her mother, “For what should I ask?” And she said, “The head of John the Baptist.”
The children gather wood, the fathers kindle fire, and the women knead dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven. And they pour out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger.
For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
“Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.
For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others. Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names. Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish. This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah
in whose eyes a vile person is despised, but who honors those who fear the Lord; who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly.
He also walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, as the house of Ahab had done, for he was son-in-law to the house of Ahab.
And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab was his wife. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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