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Proverbs 9:7-8
When you correct someone who makes fun of others, you might be laughed at. When you warn a sinner, you might get hurt.Don’t warn those who make fun of others, or they will hate you. Warn those who are wise, and they will love you.
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Matthew 7:6
“ Do not give holy things to dogs. Do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they might walk all over them. They might turn around and tear you to pieces.
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1 Corinthians 1 21-1 Corinthians 1 24
God wisely planned that the world would not know him through its own wisdom. It pleased God to use the foolish things we preach to save those who believe.Jews require signs. Greeks look for wisdom.But we preach about Christ and his death on the cross. That is very hard for Jews to accept. And everyone else thinks it’s foolish.But there are those God has chosen, both Jews and Greeks. To them Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom.
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Proverbs 26:4-5
Don’t answer a foolish person in keeping with their foolish acts. If you do, you yourself will be just like them.Answer a foolish person in keeping with their foolish acts. If you do not, they will be wise in their own eyes.
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Luke 16:14
The Pharisees loved money. They heard all that Jesus said and made fun of him.
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Acts 17:32
They heard Paul talk about the dead being raised. Some of them made fun of this idea. But others said,“ We want to hear you speak about this again.”
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Isaiah 36:21
But the people remained silent. They didn’t say anything. That’s because King Hezekiah had commanded,“ Don’t answer him.”
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Acts 17:18
A group of Epicurean and Stoic thinkers began to argue with him. Some of them asked,“ What is this fellow chattering about?” Others said,“ He seems to be telling us about gods we’ve never heard of.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus. He was telling them that Jesus had risen from the dead.
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John 8:52
Then they cried out,“ Now we know you are controlled by a demon! Abraham died. So did the prophets. But you say that whoever obeys your word will never die.
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John 10:20
Many of them said,“ He is controlled by a demon. He has gone crazy! Why should we listen to him?”
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Acts 13:45-46
When the Jews saw the crowds, they became very jealous. They began to disagree with what Paul was saying. They said evil things against him.Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly.“ We had to speak God’s word to you first,” they said.“ But you don’t accept it. You don’t think you are good enough for eternal life. So now we are turning to the Gentiles.
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John 9:30-34
The man answered,“ That is really surprising! You don’t know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes.We know that God does not listen to sinners. He listens to the godly person who does what he wants them to do.Nobody has ever heard of anyone opening the eyes of a person born blind.If this man had not come from God, he could do nothing.”Then the Pharisees replied,“ When you were born, you were already deep in sin. How dare you talk like that to us!” And they threw him out of the synagogue.
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Acts 28:25-28
They didn’t agree with one another. They began to leave after Paul had made a final statement. He said,“ The Holy Spirit was right when he spoke to your people long ago. Through Isaiah the prophet the Spirit said,“‘ Go to your people. Say to them,“ You will hear but never understand. You will see but never know what you are seeing.”These people’s hearts have become stubborn. They can barely hear with their ears. They have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes. They might hear with their ears. They might understand with their hearts. They might turn, and then I would heal them.’( Isaiah 6:9, 10)“ Here is what I want you to know. God has sent his salvation to the Gentiles. And they will listen!”
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Proverbs 1:7
If you really want to gain knowledge, you must begin by having respect for the Lord. But foolish people hate wisdom and instruction.
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John 9:40
Some Pharisees who were with him heard him say this. They asked,“ What? Are we blind too?”
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1 Corinthians 4 10-1 Corinthians 4 13
We are fools for Christ. But you are so wise in Christ! We are weak. But you are so strong! You are honored. But we are looked down on!Up to this very hour we are hungry and thirsty. We are dressed in rags. We are being treated badly. We have no homes.We work hard with our own hands. When others curse us, we bless them. When we are attacked, we put up with it.When others say bad things about us, we answer with kind words. We have become the world’s garbage. We are everybody’s trash, right up to this moment.
