36 occurrences

'Fool' in the Bible

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

Verse ConceptsBeing Killed Like An AnimalKilled Like An AnimalDeerimpulsiveness

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

Verse ConceptsGriefAbasing PeopleEvil EyesWinkingHeartache

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

Verse ConceptsFloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking

Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Verse ConceptsBearsEvil AssociationsMeeting PeopleBereavementFoolsMotherhood

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

Verse ConceptsMoney, Attitudes ToEducationSchoolFoolsinvesting

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

Verse ConceptsFar From HereIn FrontDiscernmentFocusFoolsDirection

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

Verse ConceptsSilenceFoolishnessHow Silence Is WiseFools

Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Verse ConceptsDissipationPromotionSurplusUnfitting ThingsUnsuitable Ruleego

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate.

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The GatewayPeople Being SilentWisdom And Guidance

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Verse ConceptsFalse WisdomAnsweringFoolsanswers

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

Verse ConceptsPursuing ViolenceCutting Off Hands And Feet

As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.

Verse ConceptsChanceHiringWounds

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfGrindingBricksGrinding People

If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

Verse ConceptsLawsuitsScoffing

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