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... Even as fools walk along the road, they lack sense and show everyone how stupid they are. You can identify fools just by the way they walk down the street! Even ...
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... For the wise, like the fool, will not be long remembered; the days have already come when both have been forgotten. Like the fool, the wise too must die ...
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... To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool. It is painful to be the parent of a fool; there ...
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... I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little ...
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... Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him. Don't answer the foolish arguments of fools, or you will become as foolish as ...
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... Like the useless legs of one who is lame is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. A proverb in the mouth of a fool is as useless as a paralyzed leg. ...
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... Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly. It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in ...
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... Then I said to myself, "The fate of the fool will overtake me also. What then do I gain by being wise?" I said to myself, "This ...
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... It is to one's honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor; only fools insist on quarreling. It is ...
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... Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes. Be sure to answer the foolish arguments of fools, or they will become wise in ...
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... Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them. There is more hope for fools than for people who think they are ...
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... Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. Fools have no interest in understanding; they only want to air their own opinions. A fool takes no ...
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... Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it? It is senseless to pay to educate a fool, since he has no ...
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... As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly. As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his foolishness. Like a dog that returns ...
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... A fool spurns a parent's discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence. Only a fool despises a parent's discipline; whoever learns from correction is wise. A fool despises his father's ...
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... For the director of music. According to mahalath. A maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, and ...
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... For the director of music. Of David. The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/psalms/14-1.htm
... Like tying a stone in a sling is the giving of honor to a fool. Honoring a fool is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot. Like one who binds ...
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... Like an archer who wounds at random is one who hires a fool or any passer-by. An employer who hires a fool or a bystander is like an archer who shoots at random ...
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... Wisdom is too high for fools; in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths. Wisdom is too lofty for fools. Among leaders at the city gate, ...
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... The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure. A wise person thinks a lot about death, while ...
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... Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent, but folly brings punishment to fools. Discretion is a life-giving fountain to those who possess it, but discipline is wasted on fools ...
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... What advantage have the wise over fools? What do the poor gain by knowing how to conduct themselves before others? So are wise people really better off than fools? Do poor ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/6-8.htm
... All who are prudent act with knowledge, but fools expose their folly. Wise people think before they act; fools don't — and even brag about their foolishness. Every prudent man ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/13-16.htm
... Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end. Fools vent their anger, but the wise quietly hold it back. A fool gives full ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/29-11.htm
... Fools fold their hands and ruin themselves. "Fools fold their idle hands, leading them to ruin." The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh. The fool ...
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... Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding them like grain with a pestle, you will not remove their folly from them. You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/27-22.htm
... Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues. Even fools are thought wise when they keep silent; with their mouths shut, they ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/17-28.htm
... You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes the gold sacred? Blind fools! Which is more important — the gold or the Temple that ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/matthew/23-17.htm
... The wise have eyes in their heads, while the fool walks in the darkness; but I came to realize that the same fate overtakes them both. For the wise can see ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/2-14.htm
... We are fools for Christ, but you are so wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, we are dishonored! Our dedication to ...
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... Like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of fools. This too is meaningless. A fool's laughter is quickly gone, like thorns crackling in a fire ...
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... Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. Walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble. Whoever walks ...
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... Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning and even among fools she lets herself be known. Wisdom is enshrined in an understanding heart; wisdom is not found among fools. Wisdom ...
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... The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth of the fool gushes folly. The tongue of the wise makes knowledge appealing, but the mouth of a fool belches out ...
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... The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly. Wealth is a crown for the wise; the effort of fools yields only foolishness. The ...
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... Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools. Punishment is made for mockers, and the backs of fools are made to be beaten. Condemnation is ready ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/19-29.htm
... Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, Although they claimed to ...
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... The wise fear the LORD and shun evil, but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure. The wise are cautious and avoid danger; fools plunge ahead with reckless confidence. ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/14-16.htm
... Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them. There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/29-20.htm
... Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, honor is not fitting for a fool. Honor is no more associated with fools than snow with summer or rain with harvest. Like ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/26-1.htm
... The way of fools seems right to them, but the wise listen to advice. Fools think their own way is right, but the wise listen to others. The way of ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/12-15.htm
... and fools multiply words. No one knows what is coming- who can tell someone else what will happen after them? they chatter on and on. No one really knows what is ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/10-14.htm
... The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly. A wise person is hungry for knowledge, while the fool feeds on trash. The heart of ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/15-14.htm
... Take notice, you senseless ones among the people; you fools, when will you become wise? Think again, you fools! When will you finally catch on? Understand, ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/psalms/94-8.htm
... Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips. Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words. The ...
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... a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat, a slave who becomes a king, an overbearing fool who prospers, a slave when he becomes king ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/30-22.htm
... Fools mock at making amends for sin, but goodwill is found among the upright. Fools make fun of guilt, but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation. Fools mock at ...
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... Some became fools through their rebellious ways and suffered affliction because of their iniquities. Some were fools; they rebelled and suffered for their sins. Some were fools through their sinful ways ...
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... of the earth. The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/17-24.htm
... Senseless people do not know, fools do not understand, Only a simpleton would not know, and only a fool would not understand this: The stupid man cannot know; the ...
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... The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame. The wise inherit honor, but fools are put to shame! The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace. ...
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... The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception. The prudent understand where they are going, but fools deceive themselves. The ...
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... Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words. Don't waste your breath on fools, for they will despise the wisest advice. Do not speak in the ...
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... Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse. Better to be poor and honest than to be dishonest and a fool. Better is a poor person ...
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... fool- how much worse lying lips to a ruler! Eloquent words are not fitting for a fool; even less are lies fitting for a ruler. Fine speech is not becoming to a ...
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... For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them; For simpletons turn away from me — to death. Fools are destroyed by their ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-32.htm
... A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom. Doing wrong is fun for a fool, but living wisely brings pleasure to the sensible. ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/10-23.htm
... Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe. Those who trust their own insight are foolish, but anyone who walks in wisdom is ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/28-26.htm
... of my disgrace? And what about you? You would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not keep me from being married ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/2_samuel/13-13.htm
... "But God said to him, You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself? ' " ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/luke/12-20.htm
... The toil of fools wearies them; they do not know the way to town. Fools are so exhausted by a little work that they can't even find their way home. The ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/10-15.htm
... The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the wise men, ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-11.htm
... He leads rulers away stripped and makes fools of judges. He leads counselors away, stripped of good judgment; wise judges become fools. He leads counselors away stripped, and judges ...
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... The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. Fear of the LORD is the foundation of true knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/1-7.htm
... The officials of Zoan have become fools, the leaders of Memphis are deceived; the cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray. The officials of Zoan are fools, and the ...
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... under the sun. How meaningless! and who knows whether he will be wise or a fool? Yet he will be master of all for which I toiled and used my wisdom under ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/ecclesiastes/2-19.htm
... The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense. The words of the godly encourage many, but fools are destroyed by their lack of common sense ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/10-21.htm
... For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: They practice ungodliness and spread error concerning the LORD; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-6.htm
... Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of ...
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... You gladly put up with fools since you are so wise! After all, you think you are so wise, but you enjoy putting up with fools! For you gladly bear ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/11-19.htm
... Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise. Those who bring trouble on their families inherit the wind. The fool ...
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... No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected. In that day ungodly fools will not be heroes. Scoundrels will not be respected. The fool will ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/isaiah/32-5.htm
... I have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/2_corinthians/12-11.htm
... If a wise person goes to court with a fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace. If a wise person takes a fool to court, there ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/29-9.htm
... The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the hearts of fools are not upright. The lips of the wise give good advice; the heart of a fool has none to ...
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... . You foolish people, show some understanding. O simple ones, learn prudence; O fools, learn sense. O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain ...
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... A sword against her false prophets! They will become fools. A sword against her warriors! They will be filled with terror. The sword will strike her wise counselors, and ...
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... Like a thornbush in a drunkard's hand is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. A proverb in the mouth of a fool is like a thorny branch brandished by a drunk ...
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... gone, their riches will desert them, and in the end they will prove to be fools. Like a partridge that hatches eggs she has not laid, so are those who get ...
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... A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool. A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool ...
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... It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury- how much worse for a slave to rule over princes! It isn't right for a fool to live in luxury or for ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/19-10.htm
... to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong. As you enter the house of God ...
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... a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. When you make a promise to God, don't delay in following ...
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... is better to heed the rebuke of a wise person than to listen to the song of fools. Better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a fool. ...
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... for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it. And a great road will go through that once deserted ...
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... quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools. Better to hear the quiet words of a wise person than the shouts of a foolish ...
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... sister, Raca, ' is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, You fool! ' will be in danger of the fire of hell. But I say, if ...
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... you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? "How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? ...
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... Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger resides in the lap of fools. Control your temper, for anger labels you a fool. Be not quick in your ...
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... Because your sins are so many and your hostility so great, the prophet is considered a fool, the inspired person a maniac. The time of Israel's punishment has come; the day ...
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... A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil. It is pleasant to see dreams come true, but fools refuse to turn from evil to attain ...
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... Sending a message by the hands of a fool is like cutting off one's feet or drinking poison. Trusting a fool to convey a message is like cutting off one's feet or drinking ...
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... Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. Hiding hatred makes you a liar; slandering others makes you a fool. The one who conceals hatred has lying ...
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... for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool ...
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... of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become "fools" so that you may become wise. Stop deceiving yourselves. If you think you are ...
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... ? Then the king sang this funeral song for Abner: "Should Abner have died as fools die? And the king lamented for Abner, saying, "Should Abner die as a ...
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... today, I will not try to harm you again. Surely I have acted like a fool and have been terribly wrong." Then Saul confessed, "I have sinned. Come ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/1_samuel/26-21.htm
... The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin. The wise are glad to be instructed, but babbling fools fall flat on their faces. The wise ...
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... fool's heart blurts out folly. The wise don't make a show of their knowledge, but fools broadcast their foolishness. A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly ...
URL: https://biblehub.com/proverbs/12-23.htm
