Tuesday, November 5, 2013

What the Bible says about Fools

PSA 107:17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
PRO 1:7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
PRO 1:22 Fools hate knowledge.
PRO 1:32 The complacency of fools will destroy them; 33 but whoever listens to me will dwell safely, and will be secure, without fear of evil.
PRO 3:35 Shame will be the promotion of fools.
PRO 9:6 Forsake foolishness and live, and go in the way of understanding.
PRO 10:1 A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
PRO 10:8 The wise in heart will receive commands, but a over talkative fool will fall.
PRO 10:14 The mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
PRO 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.
PRO 10:23 A fool finds pleasure in evil conduct, but a man of understanding delights in wisdom.
PRO 11:29 The fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
PRO 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who heeds counsel is wise.
PRO 12:23 The heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
PRO 13:16 A fool exposes his folly.
PRO 13:20 He who walks with wise men will be wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
PRO 14:7 Stay away from a foolish man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips.
PRO 14:9 Fools mock at sin.
PRO 14:16 A wise man fears the Lord and departs from evil, but a fool is hotheaded and reckless.
PRO 15:2 The mouth of fools pours forth foolishness.
PRO 15:5 A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who receives correction is wise.
PRO 15:14 The mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
PRO 17:10 Correction is more effective for a wise man than a hundred blows on a fool.
PRO 17:21 The father of a fool has no joy.
PRO 17:25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
PRO 18:2 A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.
PRO 18:7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
PRO 19:1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
PRO 19:13 A foolish son is the ruin of his father.
PRO 20:3 Every fool is quick to argue.
PRO 21: The foolish man is wasteful.
PRO 22:15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of correction will drive it far from him.
PRO 23:9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
PRO 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin.
PRO 26:3 A whip for the horse, a halter for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
PRO 26:5 Answer a fool according to his silliness, or he will be wise in his own eyes.
PRO 26:11 As a dog returns to his own vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
PRO 28:26 He who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
PRO 29:11 A fool vents all his feelings, But a wise man holds them back.
PRO 30:32 If you have played the fool and exalted yourself, or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth!
ECC 5:4 God has no pleasure in fools.
ROM 1: 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools.
EPH 5:15 Be very careful, then, how you live, not as fools but as wise.