Psalm 92:6
New Living Translation
6 Only a simpleton would not know,
and only a fool would not understand this:
Psalm 92:6
New International Version
6 Senseless people(A) do not know,
fools do not understand,
Psalm 73:22
New Living Translation
22 I was so foolish and ignorant—
I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.
Psalm 73:22
New International Version
Psalm 94:8
New Living Translation
8 Think again, you fools!
When will you finally catch on?
Psalm 94:8
New International Version
8 Take notice, you senseless ones(A) among the people;
you fools, when will you become wise?
Psalm 49:10
New Living Translation
10 Those who are wise must finally die,
just like the foolish and senseless,
leaving all their wealth behind.
Psalm 49:10
New International Version
1 Corinthians 2:14
New Living Translation
14 But people who aren’t spiritual[a] can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.
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- 2:14 Or who don’t have the Spirit; or who have only physical life.
1 Corinthians 2:14
New International Version
14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(A) but considers them foolishness,(B) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
Jeremiah 10:14
New Living Translation
14 The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge!
The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make,
for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.
These idols have no breath or power.
Jeremiah 10:14
New International Version
Proverbs 1:22
New Living Translation
22 “How long, you simpletons,
will you insist on being simpleminded?
How long will you mockers relish your mocking?
How long will you fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:22
New International Version
Luke 12:20
New Living Translation
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’
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Luke 12:20
New International Version
20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool!(A) This very night your life will be demanded from you.(B) Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’(C)
Isaiah 1:3
New Living Translation
3 Even an ox knows its owner,
and a donkey recognizes its master’s care—
but Israel doesn’t know its master.
My people don’t recognize my care for them.”
Isaiah 1:3
New International Version
Proverbs 30:2
New Living Translation
2 I am too stupid to be human,
and I lack common sense.
Proverbs 30:2
New International Version
2 Surely I am only a brute, not a man;
I do not have human understanding.
Proverbs 24:7
New Living Translation
7 Wisdom is too lofty for fools.
Among leaders at the city gate, they have nothing to say.
Proverbs 24:7
New International Version
Saying 23
7 Wisdom is too high for fools;
in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.
Psalm 32:9
New Living Translation
9 Do not be like a senseless horse or mule
that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”
Psalm 32:9
New International Version
9 Do not be like the horse or the mule,
which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle(A)
or they will not come to you.
Psalm 14:1
New Living Translation
Psalm 14
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 Only fools say in their hearts,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their actions are evil;
not one of them does good!
Psalm 14:1
New International Version
Psalm 14(A)
For the director of music. Of David.
Footnotes
- Psalm 14:1 The Hebrew words rendered fool in Psalms denote one who is morally deficient.
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