'Fools' in the Bible

As for me, where should I take my disgrace? You will be as one of the fools in Israel. So please, speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you."

He leads counselors away stripped, and he makes fools of judges.

You pay attention, O brutes among the people. And [you] fools, when you will show insight?

Fools, because of their rebellious way and their iniquities, were afflicted.

Fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction, fools despise.

"{How long}, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And [how long] will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?

for the waywardness of the simple ones will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

They will inherit the honor of the wise, but stubborn fools, disgrace.

Learn prudence, O simple ones; fools, learn {intelligence}.

Lips of righteousness feed many, but fools {die for lack of sense}.

A desire {fulfilled} will be sweet to the soul, but an abomination of fools is turning from evil.

Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.

The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit.

Fools mock [the] guilt offering, but among the upright, it is favorable.

The crown of the wise [is] their wealth; the folly of fools is folly.

In the heart of him who has understanding, wisdom rests, but [even] in the midst of fools it becomes known.

The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge, but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.

The lips of the wise will spread knowledge, but the heart of fools, not so.

The heart of him who understands will seek knowledge, but the faces of fools, they will feed on folly.

A fountain of life is wisdom for its owner, but the instruction of fools is folly.

Judgments are prepared for the scoffers, and flogging for the back of fools.

Wisdom [is too] high for fools; at the gate he will not open his mouth.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.

[Like] legs that hang limp from a lame person, so [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.

[Like] a thorn that goes up in the hand of a drunkard, so [is] a proverb in the mouth of fools.

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; draw near to listen [rather] than to offer a sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, for {he takes no pleasure} in fools. Fulfill what you vow!

So do the wise [really] have an advantage over fools? {Can the poor [really] gain anything by knowing how to act in front of others}?

The heart of the wise [is] in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools [is] in the house of mirth.

Better to listen to [the] rebuke of [the] wise than for a man to listen to [the] song of fools.

Like the sound of thorns under a pot, so also the laughter of fools. This also [is] vanity!

Do not be quick in your spirit to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

The words of the wise are heard in peace [more] than the shouting of a ruler [is heard] among the fools.

And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness. [The] unclean shall not travel through it, but it [is] for them, he who walks [on the] way; and fools shall not wander about.

Fools and blind [people]! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold holy?

Fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

We [are] fools for the sake of Christ, but you [are] prudent in Christ! We [are] weak, but you [are] strong! You [are] honored, but we [are] dishonored!