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'Foolish Man' in the Bible

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain