Bible Verses About Fool: General references

Don't stay unsure of yourself, but live! Walk in the way of understanding!"

"He who corrects a scoffer only gets insulted; reproving a wicked man becomes his blemish.

If you reprove a scoffer, he will hate you; if you reprove a wise man, he will love you.

The foolish woman is coarse; she doesn't think, and she doesn't know a thing.

She sits at the door of her house or on a seat at the heights of the city,

calling to those who pass by, to those going straight along their ways,

"Whoever is unsure of himself, turn in here!"To someone weak-willed she says,

"Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is pleasant."

On the lips of the intelligent is found wisdom, but a stick is in store for the back of a fool.

Wise people hide their knowledge, but when a fool speaks, ruin is imminent.

Keep clear of a fool, for you won't hear a sensible word from him.

The wisdom of the cautious makes him know where he is going, but the folly of fools misleads them.

Guilt offerings make a mockery of fools; but among the upright there is good will.

A wise son is a joy to his father, and only a fool despises his mother.

Folly appeals to one who lacks sense, but a person of discernment goes straight ahead.

The discerning person focuses on wisdom there before him, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

A son who is a fool means anger for his father and bitterness for the mother who gave him birth.

A fool's words get him into fights; yes, his mouth calls out for a beating.

A fool's mouth is his ruin; his words are a trap for him.

A whip for a horse, a bridle for a donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

Don't answer a fool in terms of his folly, or you will be descending to his level;

but answer a fool as his folly deserves, so that he won't think he is wise.

Telling a message to a fool and sending him out is like cutting off one's feet and drinking violence.

The legs of the disabled hang limp and useless; likewise a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Like one who ties his stone to the sling is he who gives honor to a fool.