'Fools' in the Bible
Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
"How long will you simpletons love naivet?? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them.
The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.
You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment!
The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.
A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools abhor turning away from evil.
The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception.
Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor.
The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.
Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is known even in the heart of fools.
The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.
The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools.
Judgments are prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools.
A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
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