Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
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Clearand they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
And for them I make myself holy, so that they may be made truly holy.
Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write.
The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.
Even as you have sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.
He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, {being} a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son {was} over the king's house, judging the people of the land. {several: Heb. free}
Make them holy by the true word: your word is the true word.
And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he {was} leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him.
Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
And as `were' the days of Noah, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.
They are not of the world any more than I am of the world.
Then Uzziah was wroth, and {had} a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Father only.
Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
My prayer is not that you will take them out of the world, but that you will keep them from the Evil One.
And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, {It appertaineth} not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither {shall it be} for thine honour from the LORD God.