Why does a fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
Jeremiah 5:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Hear this, you foolish and senseless people. They have eyes, but they don’t see. They have ears, but they don’t hear. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Hear now this, O foolish people without understanding or heart, who have eyes and see not, who have ears and hear not: [Isa. 6:9, 10; Matt. 13:10-15; Mark 8:17, 18.] American Standard Version (1901) Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not: Common English Bible Listen, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but don’t see and ears but don’t hear. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen, O foolish people who have no heart! You have eyes, but you do not see, and ears, but you do not hear. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes and see not, and ears and hear not. |
Why does a fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
Bring out a people who are blind, yet have eyes, and are deaf, yet have ears.
Such people do not comprehend and cannot understand, for he has shut their eyes so that they cannot see, and their minds so that they cannot understand.
They are both stupid and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
‘For my people are fools; they do not know me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil, but they do not know how to do what is good.’
Then I thought: They are just the poor; they have been foolish. For they don’t understand the way of the Lord, the justice of their God.
Who can I speak to and give such a warning that they will listen? Look, their ear is uncircumcised, , so they cannot pay attention. See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them – they find no pleasure in it.
Now, because you have done all these things #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #and because I have spoken to you time and time again but you wouldn’t listen, and I have called to you, but you wouldn’t answer,
Even storks in the sky know their seasons. Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes are aware of their migration, but my people do not know the requirements of the Lord.
‘Son of man, you are living among a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove; they call to Egypt, and they go to Assyria.
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they closed their ears so they could not hear.
so that they may indeed look, and yet not perceive; they may indeed listen, and yet not understand; otherwise, they might turn back and be forgiven.’ ,,
Do you have eyes and not see; do you have ears and not hear? , And do you not remember?
He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they would not see with their eyes or understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them. ,
when he said, Go to these people and say: You will always be listening, but never understanding; and you will always be looking, but never perceiving.
For his invisible attributes, that is, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen since the creation of the world, being understood through what he has made. As a result, people are without excuse.
as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear, to this day. ,
You saw with your own eyes the great trials and those great signs and wonders.
Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.
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?