Fool, General References

Psalms 14:1

¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

Psalms 53:1

¹ To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

Proverbs 9:6

⁶ Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Proverbs 9:7

⁷ He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Proverbs 9:8

⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Proverbs 14:7

⁷ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 14:8

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

Proverbs 14:9

⁹ Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

Proverbs 15:5

⁵ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 18:6

⁶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

Proverbs 18:7

⁷ A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Proverbs 20:3

³ It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Proverbs 23:9

⁹ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Proverbs 24:7

⁷ Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 26:1

¹ As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

Proverbs 26:3

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

Proverbs 26:4

⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Proverbs 26:5

⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Proverbs 26:6

⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

Proverbs 26:7

⁷ The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 26:8

⁸ As he that bindeth bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Proverbs 26:9

⁹ As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 7:22

²² He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Proverbs 9:13

¹³ A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

Proverbs 9:14

¹⁴ For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Proverbs 9:15

¹⁵ To call passengers passengers who go right on their ways:

Proverbs 9:16

¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Proverbs 9:17

¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Proverbs 10:10

¹⁰ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 10:13

¹³ In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Proverbs 10:14

¹⁴ Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

Proverbs 11:29

²⁹ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Proverbs 12:15

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Proverbs 13:16

¹⁶ Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

Proverbs 14:16

¹⁶ A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

Proverbs 15:20

²⁰ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Proverbs 15:21

²¹ Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Proverbs 17:10

¹⁰ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Proverbs 17:24

²⁴ Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:25

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

Proverbs 26:10

¹⁰ The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

Proverbs 26:11

¹¹ As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Proverbs 26:12

¹² Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 28:26

²⁶ He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Proverbs 29:11

¹¹ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

Proverbs 29:20

²⁰ Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 30:22

²² For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

Ecclesiastes 6:8

⁸ For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

¹⁹ And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

¹¹ Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

¹² The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

¹⁴ A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Ecclesiastes 10:15

¹⁵ The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

Jeremiah 17:11

¹¹ As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

Matthew 5:22

²² But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Matthew 7:26

²⁶ And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

Matthew 7:27

²⁷ And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Luke 12:20

²⁰ But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

1 Corinthians 3:18

¹⁸ Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

1 Corinthians 15:36

³⁶ Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

2 Corinthians 12:6

⁶ For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of of me.

2 Corinthians 12:11

¹¹ I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, apostles, though I be nothing.

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