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but you didn’t even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters. You have acted foolishly.
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she called the household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “my husband brought a Hebrew man to make fools of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, and I screamed as loud as I could.
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Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought to us came to make a fool of me,
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and said to Moses, “My lord, please don’t hold against us this sin we have so foolishly committed.
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Balaam answered the donkey, “You made me look like a fool. If I had a sword in my hand, I’d kill you now!”
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Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t He your Father and Creator? Didn’t He make you and sustain you?
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They have provoked My jealousy with their so-called gods; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will provoke their jealousy with an inferior people; I will enrage them with a foolish nation.
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Samuel said to Saul, “You have been foolish. You have not kept the command which the Lord your God gave you. It was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel,
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Now consider carefully what you must do, because there is certain to be trouble for our master and his entire family. He is such a worthless fool nobody can talk to him!”
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Saul responded, “I have sinned. Come back, my son David, I will never harm you again because today you considered my life precious. I have been a fool! I’ve committed a grave error.”
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and the king sang a lament for Abner: Should Abner die as a fool dies?
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Then someone reported to David: “Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom.” “Lord,” David pleaded, “please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness!”
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David’s conscience troubled him after he had taken a census of the troops. He said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I’ve done. Now, Lord, because I’ve been very foolish, please take away Your servant’s guilt.”
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Adonijah’s Foolish Request
Now Adonijah son of Haggith came to Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. She asked, “Do you come peacefully?” “Peacefully,” he replied,
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David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now, please take away Your servant’s guilt, for I’ve been very foolish.”
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For the eyes of Yahweh roam throughout the earth to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are completely His. You have been foolish in this matter. Therefore, you will have wars from now on.”
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“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.
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If God puts no trust in His servants and He charges His angels with foolishness,
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For anger kills a fool, and jealousy slays the gullible.
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I have seen a fool taking root, but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.
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Foolish men, without even a name. They were forced to leave the land.
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Psalm 14
A Portrait of Sinners
For the choir director. Davidic.
The fool says in his heart, “God does not exist.” They are corrupt; they do vile deeds. There is no one who does good.
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My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.
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Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the taunt of fools.
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For one can see that wise men die; foolish and stupid men also pass away. Then they leave their wealth to others.
