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Fools are afflicted because of their disobedience, And because of their iniquities.
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Who is the 'Fool'?
Commentators unanimously clarify that the 'fool' in this verse is not someone with low intelligence, but a person who rejects God's wisdom. Scholars like Calvin and Gill explain that by pursuing a life of sin ('transgression'), a person acts foolishly, bringing destructive consequences upon themselves. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; rejecting it is folly.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Fools, because of their transgression – Wicked people are considered fools because they are transgressors. Compare to Psal…
19th Century
Anglican
The sick.
Baptist
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw ne…
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16th Century
Protestant
Fools are afflicted on account of the way of their transgression. He now comes to another kind of chastisement. For as he observed above t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Fools, because of their transgression Or, "because of the way" F8 "of it"; their sinful course of life; f…
If we knew no sin, we should know no sickness. Sinners are fools. They hurt their bodily health by intemperance, and endanger their lives by indulg…
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