Bible Verses About Fool: General references

Leave off, ye simple ones, and live; And walk in the way of understanding.

He that correcteth a scoffer getteth to himself reviling; And he that reproveth a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Reprove not a scoffer, lest he hate thee: Reprove a wise man, and he will love thee.

The foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knoweth nothing.

And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city,

To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:

Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him,

Stolen waters are sweet, And breadeatenin secret is pleasant.

In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found; But a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

Go into the presence of a foolish man, And thou shalt not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

A trespass-offering mocketh fools; But among the upright there is good will.

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Folly is joy to him that is void of wisdom; But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.

Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.

The legs of the lame hang loose; So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.