Fool

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.

He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.

A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.

Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.

A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.

It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.

Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.

A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.

“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.