{To the chief Musician. A Psalm of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good.

I said unto the boastful, Boast not; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it.

Fools, because of their way of transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted;

How long, simple ones, will ye love simpleness, and scorners take pleasure in their scorning, and the foolish hate knowledge?

O ye simple, understand prudence; and ye foolish, understand sense.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.

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And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria.

For of these are they who are getting into houses, and leading captive silly women, laden with sins, led by various lusts,

General references

And Jehovah said to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why is thy countenance fallen?

For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.