Fool

A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.

A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.

A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools! Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. One who sends…

If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

If the snake bites before it is charmed, then is there no profit for the charmer’s tongue. The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and…

Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn’t do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.

The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. Those who were foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them, but…

He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly. He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’ He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull…

For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt. They have done abominable deeds. There is no one who does good.

The fool has said in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, and have done abominable iniquity. There is no one who does good.

Remember this, that the enemy has mocked you, Yahweh. Foolish people have blasphemed your name.

Arise, God! Plead your own cause. Remember how the foolish man mocks you all day.

Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.