1 Peter 2:15
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15 For it is God’s will(A) that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.(B)
1 Peter 3:17
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Titus 2:8
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8 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.(A)
1 Peter 2:12
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12 Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds(A) and glorify God(B) on the day he visits us.
Matthew 7:26
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26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
1 Thessalonians 5:18
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18 give thanks in all circumstances;(A) for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 4:3
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Jeremiah 4:22
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2 Peter 2:12
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12 But these people blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like animals they too will perish.(A)
Ephesians 6:6-7
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6 Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ,(A) doing the will of God from your heart. 7 Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people,(B)
Romans 1:21
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21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened.(A)
Proverbs 9:6
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Job 2:10
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10 He replied, “You are talking like a foolish[a] woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”(A)
In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.(B)
Footnotes
- Job 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.
Jude 10
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10 Yet these people slander whatever they do not understand, and the very things they do understand by instinct—as irrational animals do—will destroy them.(A)
1 Peter 4:2
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2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires,(A) but rather for the will of God.
1 Timothy 1:13
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13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor(A) and a violent man, I was shown mercy(B) because I acted in ignorance and unbelief.(C)
Galatians 3:1
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Faith or Works of the Law
3 You foolish(A) Galatians!(B) Who has bewitched you?(C) Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.(D)
Psalm 107:42
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Titus 3:3
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3 At one time(A) we too were foolish, disobedient, deceived and enslaved by all kinds of passions and pleasures. We lived in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Matthew 25:2
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2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise.(A)
Psalm 5:5
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Job 5:16
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Deuteronomy 32:6
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