The Lord saw that the people on the earth were very evil. The Lord saw that people thought only about evil things all the time.
Psalm 14:1 - Easy To Read Version A foolish person {\cf2\super [75]} says in his heart,\par “There is no God.”\par Foolish people do terrible, rotten things.\par Not even one of them does good.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, There is none that doeth good. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds; there is none that does good or right. [Rom. 3:10.] American Standard Version (1901) The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works; There is none that doeth good. Common English Bible Fools say in their hearts, There is no God. They are corrupt and do evil things; not one of them does anything good. Catholic Public Domain Version A Psalm of David. O Lord, who will dwell in your tabernacle? Or who will rest on your holy mountain? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A psalm of David. Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? or who shall rest in thy holy hill? |
The Lord saw that the people on the earth were very evil. The Lord saw that people thought only about evil things all the time.
Man is even worse.\par Man is dirty and ruined.\par He drinks up evil like water.\par
But Job, you might say,\par ‘What does God know?\par Can God see through the dark clouds\par and judge us?\par
Bad people are too proud to follow God.\par They make all their evil plans.\par And they act like there is no God.\par
Some people let their sins and guilt\par change them into foolish people.\par
Only a fool {\cf2\super [319]} thinks there is no God.\par People like that are corrupt, evil, malicious,\par and they don’t do anything good.\par
I saw that wicked people were successful\par I became jealous of those proud people.\par
Compared to you,\par people are like stupid animals.\par We are like fools\par who can’t understand anything.\par
“You are foolish people. How long will you continue doing foolish things? How long will you make fun of wisdom? How long will you continue to hate knowledge?
The first thing a person must learn is to respect and obey the Lord—that leads to true wisdom. But evil people hate discipline and true wisdom.
If a person wants something and then gets it, he will be very happy. But stupid people only want evil, and they refuse to change.
You can grind a fool to powder, and still you will not force the foolishness out of him.
The nation of Israel is full of guilt. This guilt is like a heavy weight the people have to carry. Those people are like bad children from evil families. They left the Lord. They insulted the Holy One (God) of Israel. They left him and treated him like a stranger.
“Those people have lied about the Lord.\par They have said,\par ‘The Lord will not do anything to us.\par Nothing bad will happen to us.\par We will never see an army attack us.\par We will never starve.’\par
My people have turned against me,\par and they are very stubborn.\par They say bad things about people.\par They are like bronze and iron,\par that are covered with rust and tarnish.\par
You snakes! You are evil people! How can you say anything good? The mouth speaks the things that are in the heart.
All these bad things begin in a person’s mind: evil thoughts, murder, adultery, {\cf2\super [210]} sexual sins, stealing, lying, saying bad things against other people.
But God said to that man, ‘Foolish man! Tonight you will die. So what about the things you prepared for yourself? Who will get those things now?’
Remember that in the past you were without Christ. You were not citizens of Israel. {\cf2\super [11]} And you did not have the agreements {\cf2\super [12]} with the promise \{that God made to his people\}. You had no hope, and you did not know God.
Those people say they know God. But the evil things those people do show that they don’t accept God. They are disgusting people. They refuse to obey and are useless for doing anything good.
Grace (kindness) and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
But the people who are cowards, people who refuse to believe, people who do terrible things, people who kill, people who sin sexually, people who do evil magic, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [159]} and people who tell lies—all those people will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”
I didn’t see the men you sent. Sir, don’t pay any attention to that worthless man (Nabal). He is the same as his name. His name means ‘Foolish,’ and he really is foolish.