'Foolish' in the Bible

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.

Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.

How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.

The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.

Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.

The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.

A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.

If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.

A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

Have you seen a man who is quick with his tongue? There is more hope for a foolish man than for him.

Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food: