How is foolishness hurtful? - Foolishness - TouchPoints

1 Corinthians 1:18The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God.

The spiritual blindness from foolishness is an obstacle to establishing and maintaining a relationship with God.

Proverbs 15:20Sensible children bring joy to their father; foolish children despise their mother.

Proverbs 19:13A foolish child is a calamity to a father; a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.

Foolishness is harmful to relationships and can tear a family apart.

Ecclesiastes 10:12Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words.

Foolish speech is destructive. While wise words nourish, foolish words are poison.

Psalm 38:4-10My guilt overwhelms me—it is a burden too heavy to bear. My wounds fester and stink because of my foolish sins. I am bent over and racked with pain. All day long I walk around filled with grief. A raging fever burns within me, and my health is broken. I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart. You know what I long for, Lord; you hear my every sigh. My heart beats wildly, my strength fails, and I am going blind.

Foolish living can lead to harmful physical consequences.

Proverbs 1:28-33“When they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me. For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the Lord. They rejected my advice and paid no attention when I corrected them. Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way, choking on their own schemes. For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency. But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.”

Proverbs 14:16The wise are cautious and avoid danger; fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence.

Proverbs 19:3People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord.

1 Timothy 6:9People who long to be rich fall into temptation and are trapped by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.

Foolishness has destructive consequences. It can send us into a downward spiral of complacency, leading a life amounting to nothing.