jSee 2 Kgs. 24:18-20
Proverbs 15:2
2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge,but athe mouths of fools pour out folly.
Proverbs 15:14
14 bThe heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge,but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Lamentations 2:14
14 cYour prophets have seen for youfalse and deceptive visions;
dthey have not exposed your iniquity
to erestore your fortunes,
fbut have seen for you goracles
that are false and misleading.
Hosea 9:7
7 hThe days of punishment have come;the days of recompense have come;
Israel shall know it.
iThe prophet is a fool;
the man of the spirit is mad,
because of your great iniquity
and great hatred.
Zechariah 11:15
15Then the Lord said to me, “Take once more the equipment of ja foolish shepherd.Matthew 23:16-26
16“Woe to kyou, lblind guides, who say, m‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’ 17You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or nthe temple that has made the gold sacred? 18And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by othe gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ 19You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or pthe altar that makes the gift sacred? 20So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. 21And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and by qhim who dwells in it. 22And whoever swears by rheaven swears by sthe throne of God and by thim who sits upon it.23 u“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For vyou tithe mint and dill and wcumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: xjustice and mercy and faithfulness. yThese you ought to have done, without neglecting the others. 24You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing za camel!
25 aa“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For abyou clean the outside of acthe cup and the plate, but inside they are full of adgreed and self-indulgence. 26You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of aethe cup and the plate, that the outside also may be clean.
Luke 11:40
40 afYou fools! agDid not he who made the outside make the inside also?
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