Bible Verses About Fool: General references

Forsake ye, the simple, and live, And be happy in the way of understanding.

The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it--shame, And a reprover of the wicked--his blemish.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.

A foolish woman is noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.

And she hath sat at the opening of her house, On a throne--the high places of the city,

To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight on their paths.

`Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart--she said to him,

`Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.'

In the lips of the intelligent is wisdom found, And a rod is for the back of him who is lacking understanding.

The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.

Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright--a pleasing thing.

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directeth his going.

The face of the intelligent is to wisdom, And the eyes of a fool--at the end of the earth.

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

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

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

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him--even thou.

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

He is cutting off feet, he is drinking injury, Who is sending things by the hand of a fool.

Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

As one who is binding a stone in a sling, So is he who is giving honour to a fool.