14 occurrences

'Fool' in the Bible

The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both.

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateSpiritual PerceptionDarkness Of Evilfate

So I thought to myself, "The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?" So I lamented to myself, "The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!"

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateUseless EndeavourWise Man Or Foolfate

For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long, because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. Alas, the wise man dies -- just like the fool!

Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateForgetting PeopleDeath Is UniversalWise Man Or FoolWisdom

Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so wisely on earth! This also is futile!

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh.

So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive?

Verse ConceptsAdvantagesPoor PeopleWise Man Or Fool

For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

Verse ConceptsVanityThornsUseless EndeavourWeedpot

Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart.

Verse ConceptsMadmenEffect Of BribesOppressorsDepressionoppressionpressure

Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you might die before your time.

Verse ConceptsEuthanasiaEarly DeathFools Becoming WiseDeathAssisted Suicide

Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is.

Verse ConceptsLifestylesAspects Of People Made Known

The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

Verse ConceptsFools

yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future?

Verse ConceptsMultiplyingWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureToo Many Words

Bible Theasaurus

Babbler (4 instances)
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