Job 30:8
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8 A senseless, disreputable brood,
they have been whipped out of the land.
Mark 6:24
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24 She went out and said to her mother, “What should I ask for?” She replied, “The head of John the baptizer.”
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Jeremiah 7:18
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18 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.(A)
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Isaiah 32:6
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6 For fools speak folly,
and their minds plot 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.(A)
Proverbs 16:22
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22 Wisdom is a fountain of life to one who has it,
but folly is the punishment of fools.(A)
Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?(A)
Proverbs 1:7
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7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
fools despise wisdom and instruction.(A)
Psalm 49:10-13
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10 When we look at the wise, they die;
fool and dolt perish together
and leave their wealth to others.(A)
11 Their graves[a] are their homes forever,
their dwelling places to all generations,
though they named lands their own.(B)
12 Mortals cannot abide in their pomp;
they are like the animals that perish.(C)
Psalm 15:4
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4 in whose eyes the wicked are despised
but who honor those who fear the Lord;
who stand by their oath even to their hurt;(A)
Job 40:4
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4 “See, I am of small account; what shall I answer you?
I lay my hand on my mouth.(A)
2 Chronicles 22:3
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3 He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor in doing wickedly.
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2 Kings 8:27
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27 He also walked in the way of the house of Ahab, doing 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.
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2 Kings 8:18
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18 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. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.(A)
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