'Fools' in the Bible

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.