13 occurrences

'Fool' in the Bible

{The wise man can see where he is walking}, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateSpiritual PerceptionDarkness Of Evilfate

So I said {to myself}, "{If I also suffer the same fate as the fool}, {what advantage is my great wisdom}?" So I said {to myself}, "This also [is] vanity!"

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateUseless EndeavourWise Man Or Foolfate

Certainly no one will remember the wise man or the fool in {future generations}. When [future] days come, both will have been forgotten already. How [is it that] the wise man dies the same as the fool?

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateForgetting PeopleDeath Is UniversalWise Man Or FoolWisdom

{The fool refuses to work with his hands, so he has nothing to eat except his own skin}!

Surely oppression makes a fool of the wise, and a bribe corrupts the heart.

Verse ConceptsMadmenEffect Of BribesOppressorsDepressionoppressionpressure

Do not act excessively wicked, and do not be a fool, lest you die before your time.

Verse ConceptsEuthanasiaEarly DeathFools Becoming WiseDeathAssisted Suicide

The heart of the wise [inclines] to his right, but the heart of the fool [inclines] to his left.

Verse ConceptsRight SidesThe Work Of The WiseLeft Hand SideFoolsDirectionNatural Disastersvulnerabilitywise

Even when the fool walks along the road, he lacks sense; he tells everyone [that] he is a fool.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesAspects Of People Made Known

The wise man [wins] favor by the words of his mouth, but the fool is devoured by his own lips.

Verse ConceptsFools

The fool {talks too much}, for no one knows what will be. Who can tell anyone what will happen {in the future}?

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureToo Many Words

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