The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Ezekiel 13:3 - Revised Standard Version Thus says the Lord God, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit [and things they have not seen] and have seen nothing! American Standard Version (1901) Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! Common English Bible The LORD God proclaims: Doom to the foolish prophets who follow their own whims but see nothing. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets, who are following their own spirit, and who see nothing. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets that follow their own spirit, and see nothing. |
The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
The tongue of the wise dispenses knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
“Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says the Lord.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you, filling you with vain hopes; they speak visions of their own minds, not from the mouth of the Lord.
Concerning the prophets: My heart is broken within me, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, like a man overcome by wine, because of the Lord and because of his holy words.
And Jeremiah the prophet said to the prophet Hananiah, “Listen, Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie.
Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes, but have seen for you oracles false and misleading.
and say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women who sew magic bands upon all wrists, and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature, in the hunt for souls! Will you hunt down souls belonging to my people, and keep other souls alive for your profit?
“Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: Ho, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?
The days of punishment have come, the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad, because of your great iniquity and great hatred.
Then the Lord said to me, “Take once more the implements of a worthless shepherd.
Woe to you lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge; you did not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”
For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity is laid upon me. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!
he is puffed up with conceit, he knows nothing; he has a morbid craving for controversy and for disputes about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, base suspicions,
but they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.