But he said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
1 Peter 2:15 - New Revised Standard Version For it is God's will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For it is God's will and intention that by doing right [your good and honest lives] should silence (muzzle, gag) the ignorant charges and ill-informed criticisms of foolish persons. American Standard Version (1901) For so is the will of God, that by well-doing ye should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: Common English Bible Submit to them because it’s God’s will that by doing good you will silence the ignorant talk of foolish people. Catholic Public Domain Version For such is the will of God, that by doing good you may bring about the silence of imprudent and ignorant men, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: |
But he said to her, “You speak as any foolish woman would speak. Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
The boastful will not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.
“For my people are foolish, they do not know me; they are stupid children, they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but do not know how to do good.”
And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
for though they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their senseless minds were darkened.
You foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly exhibited as crucified!
Do you thus repay the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you?
For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from fornication;
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief,
and sound speech that cannot be censured; then any opponent will be put to shame, having nothing evil to say of us.
For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, despicable, hating one another.
Conduct yourselves honorably among the Gentiles, so that, though they malign you as evildoers, they may see your honorable deeds and glorify God when he comes to judge.
yet do it with gentleness and reverence. Keep your conscience clear, so that, when you are maligned, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if suffering should be God's will, than to suffer for doing evil.
so as to live for the rest of your earthly life no longer by human desires but by the will of God.
These people, however, are like irrational animals, mere creatures of instinct, born to be caught and killed. They slander what they do not understand, and when those creatures are destroyed, they also will be destroyed,
But these people slander whatever they do not understand, and they are destroyed by those things that, like irrational animals, they know by instinct.