Fool: General Scriptures Concerning

The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

For the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.

For the choirmaster. According to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.

Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name. …

Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?

The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.

Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.” …

The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing. …

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.

A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.

He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.

Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech. …

The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.

The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.

A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.

Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.

A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.

Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! …

If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.

A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer. …

But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!”

For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures—living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.