'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.
It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
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 does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.
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 wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.
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.
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.
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.
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.
There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.
Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.
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.
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.
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.