'Fool' in the Bible
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth?
{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.
For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others.
{To the chief Musician. On Mahalath: an instruction. Of David.} The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have corrupted themselves, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it.
He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks serve for the correction of the fool;
The wise in heart receiveth commandments; but a prating fool shall fall.
He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating fool shall fall.
The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.
He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool.
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent man covereth shame.
A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent.
A reproof entereth more deeply into him 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.
To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow, and the father of a vile man hath no joy.
Wisdom is before 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 reckoned wise, and he that shutteth his lips, intelligent.
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.
Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it.
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate.
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not 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 eyes.
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh damage.
As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
A master roughly worketh every one: he both hireth the fool and hireth passers-by.
As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly.
Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him.
If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.
He that confideth in his own heart is a fool; but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
If a wise man contendeth with a fool, whether he rage or laugh, he hath no rest.
A fool uttereth all his mind; but a wise man keepeth it back.
Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all.
And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool?
And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity.
The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.
For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth 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.
Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his sense 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 swallow up himself.
And the fool multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who will tell him?
As the partridge sitteth on eggs it hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.
The days of visitation are come; the days of recompence are come: Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the inspired man is mad, because of the greatness of thine iniquity, and the great enmity.