In the biblical context, the term "fool" often refers to someone who lacks wisdom, discernment, or moral insight. The Scriptures provide numerous insights into the characteristics and behaviors of fools, one of which is their propensity for meddling. Meddling, in this sense, involves interfering in matters that do not concern them, often leading to unnecessary conflict and strife.

The book of Proverbs, known for its wisdom literature, frequently addresses the behavior of fools. Proverbs 20:3 states, "It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel." This verse highlights the fool's inclination to involve themselves in disputes, often exacerbating situations rather than resolving them. Their meddling nature is contrasted with the honor found in avoiding unnecessary conflict.

Further illustrating this point, Proverbs 26:17 warns, "Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own." This vivid imagery underscores the danger and folly of meddling in affairs that do not concern the individual. Just as grabbing a dog by the ears is likely to result in harm, so too is interfering in disputes that are not one's own.

The New Testament also addresses the issue of meddling. In 1 Peter 4:15 , the apostle Peter advises, "Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler." Here, meddling is listed alongside serious offenses, indicating the severity with which it is viewed in the Christian moral framework. This admonition serves as a warning to believers to avoid such behavior, which is characteristic of foolishness.

The behavior of fools, as described in the Bible, often leads to discord and division. Their tendency to meddle is not only a reflection of their lack of wisdom but also a source of potential harm to themselves and others. The biblical exhortation is clear: wisdom and discernment should guide one's actions, steering clear of the folly of meddling in matters that do not pertain to them.Proverbs 20:3
It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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Christ Manifesting Himself to his People
... Arminian; he wanted it all to be given to everybody ... the number to him, and not get
meddling with what ... It says in Scripture, "Fools will be meddling;" and fools ...
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Mr. Evil-Questioning Tried and Executed
... The minister has given me a little trouble in my conscience ... Oh, fools, I say, and
slow of heart, but surely so ... as idle as possible when he is meddling with the ...
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A Wise Desire
... And yet there are some fools who call that a "chance ... his inheritance for him, for
he had given him a ... And now you who have been meddling with Christ's business ...
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Scriptures Showing the Sin and Danger of Joining with Wicked and ...
... It is not good to punish godly men, who have given constant proof of their integrity,
for abstaining from such a course, at ... Fools "will be meddling." Ver.11 ...
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His Name --The Counsellor
... to our Redeemer; and you will see why it should be given to him ... half so well, but
that we should have made ourselves eternal fools by meddling therewith. ...
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Of the State Wherein Man was Created, and How the Image of God is ...
... unto, it is vain and impertinent, and like meddling in other ... and that is above all
plagues, to be given up to ... Let us become fools in our own eyes, that we may ...
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Significant Phrases
... folly and indecorum. fools and underlings. ... mechanical and monotonous. meddling and
muddling. ... wistful and dreamy. wit and jocularity [jocularity = given to joking] ...
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Beginning at Jerusalem. --Luke xxiv. 47.
... decoy, he puts himself also among them, to draw them the better under the net of
the gospel; saying, "There is none other name under heaven given among men ...
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Christian Behavior
... 5 Thus you see how wise men and fools, saints and ... practice of his things, not ranging
and meddling with the ... of Satan; no more should wives be given to wander ...
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The Jerusalem Sinner Saved;
... grace, or fall into perdition. The difference between the taint of sin, and
its awfully developed leprosy, is given. Who so ready to ...
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