Criticizing another condemns the criticizer

"... Every time you criticize someone, you condemn yourself.  It takes one to know one..."  Romans 2:1-2

In other words, criticizing another only condemns the criticizer.  👀

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Who's the real fool?

“… you didn’t lie to men, but to God.”  

Acts 5:1-2

My friends, let’s get real, let’s give up our façades, let’s stand up to the plate and start telling the truth.  It is time to seek God’s approval - not our own, not man’s.  

Remember, when we are playing fake, when we are lying, and when we are running from the truth, there is only one being fooled – and that one fool is ourselves.

Restraint

“…he who utters slander is a fool… but he who restrains his lips is prudent.”

Proverbs 10:18-19

As the old saying goes, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, then don’t say anything at all”!

 

The fool of fools

“… you are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright before men, but God knows your hearts…” Luke 16:15 AMP

You cannot, absolutely cannot, fool God.  Therefore, rid yourself of your phony behavior, because all it is doing is blocking you from Heaven, all the while, building up so much steam, that soon, when asked, “Who is the fool of fools?”, all eyes will turn to you.

To speak or not to speak...

"Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him." 

Proverbs 29:20

Think before you speak otherwise you may have to eat the words you speak!

A fools folly

"Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him..." Proverbs 26:4

and remember:

"As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly." Proverbs 26:11

Therefore,

Do not worry about prideful, spiteful wrong-doers, nor lose heart in doing good, staying calm, and taking the high road, for in due time and at the appointed season you shall reap His rewards, while the prideful, spiteful wrong-doer buries himself in a grave he's pre-dug for himself. (partially adapted from Galatians 6:9)