'Fool' in the Bible
Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
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.
For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others.
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.
A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:
He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool;
The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.
He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness; And'so is wisdom to a man of understanding.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
A fool's vexation is presently known; But a prudent man concealeth shame.
Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth his folly.
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil; But the fool beareth himself insolently, and is confident.
A fool despiseth his father's correction; But he that regardeth reproof getteth prudence.
Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.
A rebuke entereth deeper into one that hath understanding Than a hundred stripes into a fool.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.
Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; When he shutteth his lips, he is esteemed as prudent.
A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.
A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Delicate living is not seemly for a fool; Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; But every fool will be quarrelling.
Speak not in the hearing of a fool; For he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, So honor is not seemly for a fool.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou also be like unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own conceit.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool Cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh in damage.
As one that bindeth a stone in a sling, So is he that giveth honor to a fool.
As an archer that woundeth all, So is he that hireth a fool and he that hireth them that pass by.
As a dog that returneth to his vomit,'so is a fool that repeateth his folly.
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; But a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
A fool uttereth all his anger; But a wise man keepeth it back and stilleth it.
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
For a servant when he is king; And a fool when he is filled with food;
The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness: and yet I perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.
For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
For a dream cometh with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.
For what advantage hath the wise more than the fool? or what hath the poor man, that knoweth how to walk before the living?
For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.
A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
Yea also, when the fool walketh by the way, his understanding faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
A fool also multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?
The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
As the partridge that sitteth on eggs which she hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.