Biblical Profile: Fool

Proverbs


1:7
¶The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

1:22
“How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded?
And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing
And fools hate knowledge?

1:33
For the waywardness of the naive will kill them,
And the complacency of fools will destroy them.
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3:35
The wise will inherit honor,
But fools display dishonor.
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10:1
¶The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son makes a father glad,
But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

10:8
The wise of heart will receive commands,
But a babbling fool will be ruined

10:10
He who winks the eye causes trouble,
And a babbling fool will be ruined.

10:14
Wise men store up knowledge,
But with the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand.

10:18
He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.

10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many,
But fools die for lack of understanding.

10:23
 Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool,
And so is wisdom to a man of understanding.
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12:1
¶Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
But he who hates reproof is stupid.

12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes,
But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.

12:16
A fool’s anger is known at once,
But a prudent man conceals dishonor.

12:23
A prudent man conceals knowledge,
But the heart of fools proclaims folly.
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13:16
Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
But a fool displays folly.

13:19
Desire realized is sweet to the soul,
But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil.

13:20
He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will suffer harm.
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14:1
¶The wise woman builds her house,
But the foolish tears it down with her own hands.

14:3
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his back,
But the lips of the wise will protect them.

14:7
Leave the presence of a fool,
Or you will not discern words of knowledge.

14:8
The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way,
But the foolishness of fools is deceit.

14:9
Fools mock at sin,
But among the upright there is good will.

14:16
A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil,

But a fool is arrogant and careless.

14:17
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly,

And a man of evil devices is hated.

14:18
The naive inherit foolishness,

But the sensible are crowned with knowledge.

14:24
The crown of the wise is their riches,

But the folly of fools is foolishness

14:33
Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding,

But in the hearts of fools it is made known.

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16:22

Understanding is a fountain of life to one the one who has it, but the discipline of fools is folly

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17 :7

Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, 

Much less are lying lips to a prince.

17:10
A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred blows into a fool 

17:12

Let a man meet a bear robbed of her Cubs rather than a fool in his folly 

17:16
Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,

When he has no sense?

17:21
He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow,
And the father of a fool has no joy.

17:24-25
Wisdom is in the presence of the one who has understanding,
But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father
And bitterness to her who bore him.

17:28
Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise;
When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent.

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18:2
A fool does not delight in understanding,
But only in revealing his own mind.

18:6
A fool’s lips bring strife,
And his mouth calls for blows.

18:7
A fool’s mouth is his ruin,
And his lips are the snare of his soul.

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19:1
Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
Than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool.

19:3
The foolishness of man ruins his way,
And his heart rages against the Lord.

19:10

Luxury is not fitting for a fool;
Much less for a slave to rule over princes.

19:13

A foolish son is destruction to his father,
And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping.

19:29
Judgments are prepared for scoffers,
And blows for the back of fools.

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20:3

Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man,
But any fool will quarrel.

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21:20
There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise,

But a foolish man swallows it up.

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22:15
 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child;

The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.

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23:9
¶Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,

For he will despise the wisdom of your words.

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24:7¶Wisdom is too exalted for a fool,

He does not open his mouth in the gate.