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.’
Ephesians 5:15 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk #– #not as unwise people but as wise #– # Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people), American Standard Version (1901) Look therefore carefully how ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise; Common English Bible So be careful to live your life wisely, not foolishly. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, brothers, see to it that you walk cautiously, not like the foolish, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version See therefore, brethren, how you walk circumspectly: not as unwise, |
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.’
‘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.
‘Pay strict attention to everything I have said to you. You must not invoke the names of other gods; they must not be heard on your lips. ,
The sensible person’s wisdom is to consider his way, but the stupidity of fools deceives them.
Foolishness brings joy to one without sense, but a person with understanding walks a straight path.
‘Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, ‘I am innocent of this man’s blood. See to it yourselves! ’
‘I have sinned by betraying innocent blood,’ he said. ‘What’s that to us? ’ they said. ‘See to it yourself! ’
Then Jesus told him, ‘See that you don’t tell anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.’
He said to them, ‘How foolish you are, and how slow to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Brothers and sisters, don’t be childish in your thinking, but be infants in regard to evil and adult in your thinking.
You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
Are you so foolish? After beginning by the Spirit, are you now finishing by the flesh?
and walk in love, as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God.
To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.
Just one thing: As citizens of heaven, live your life worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I will hear about you that you are standing firm in one spirit, in one accord, contending together for the faith of the gospel,
For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,
See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.
See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven.
Who among you is wise and understanding? By his good conduct he should show that his works are done in the gentleness that comes from wisdom.
Since you have purified yourselves by your obedience to the truth, so that you show sincere brotherly love for each other, from a pure heart love one another constantly, ,
Then I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, ‘Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers and sisters who hold firmly to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God, because the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.’