Today is April Fools Day. Consider who is really foolish. A fool…
- Does not obey God’s commands (Num. 12:11; 1 Sam. 13:13)
- Does not rely on the Lord (2 Chron. 16:7-9)
- Says in his heart, “There is no God” (Ps. 14:1; 53:1)
- Blasphemes the name of the Lord (Ps. 74:18)
- Does not understand the greatness of God’s works nor the depths of His thoughts (Ps. 92:5-6)
- Despises wisdom and instruction (Prov. 1:7)
- Hates knowledge (Prov. 1:22)
- Spreads slander (Prov. 10:18)
- Does evil as if it were sport (a joke) (Prov. 10:23)
- Walks in the way right in his own eyes (Prov. 12:15)
- Proclaims foolishness (Prov. 12:23; Isa. 32:6)
- Flaunts his folly (Prov. 13:16)
- Considers it an abomination to depart from evil (Prov. 13:19)
- Pulls down her house with her hands (Prov. 14:1)
- Mocks at sin (Prov. 14:9)
- Rages and is self-confident (Prov. 14:16)
- Is quick-tempered (Prov. 14:17)
- Has a mouth that pours forth foolishness (Prov. 15:2)
- Despises his father’s instruction (Prov. 15:5)
- Has a mouth that feeds on foolishness (Prov. 15:14)
- Despises his mother (Prov. 15:20)
- Has eyes on the ends of the earth (Prov. 17:24)
- Has no delight in understanding, but in expressing his own heart (Prov. 18:2)
- Is perverse in his lips (Prov. 19:1)
- Starts a quarrel and continues striving (Prov. 20:3)
- Squanders things of value (Prov. 21:20)
- Repeats his folly as a dog returns to its vomit (Prov. 26:11)
- Trusts in his own heart (Prov. 28:26)
- Vents all his feelings (Prov. 29:11)
- Exalts himself (Prov. 30:32)
- Walks in darkness (Eccl. 2:14)
- Folds his hands and consumes his own flesh (Eccl. 4:5)
- Delays to pay what he has vowed to the Lord (Eccl. 5:4)
- Has his heart in the house of mirth (Eccl. 7:4)
- Is angered quickly (Eccl. 7:9)
- Multiplies words (Eccl. 10:14)
- Has a heart that will work iniquity (Isa. 32:6)
- Practices ungodliness (Isa. 32:6)
- Utters error (Isa. 32:6)
- Does not know God (Jer. 4:22)
- Does not know the way of the Lord (Jer. 5:4)
- Does not know the judgment of his God (Jer. 5:4)
- Does not understand – having eyes that see not and ears that hear not (Jer. 5:21)
- Hears Jesus’ words but does not do them (Matt. 7:26)
- Is unprepared for the Lord’s coming (Matt. 25:1-13)
- Appears clean outwardly, but inwardly is full of greed and wickedness – the hypocrite (Lk. 11:39-40)
- Lays up treasure for himself and is not rich towards God (Lk. 12:13-21)
- Knows God but does not glorify Him as God and is not thankful to Him (Rom. 1:21-22)
- Stops obeying the truth (Gal. 3:1)
- Does not walk circumspectly (Eph. 5:15)
- Desires to be rich (1 Tim. 6:9)
- Does not know that faith without works is dead (Jas. 2:20)
Don’t be a fool!
David Eldridge