34 occurrences

'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."

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningCounted As FoolsShame Will Come

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

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfGod's Attitude To FoolsWisdomFools

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

Verse ConceptsWatchfulness, Of BelieversFoolsatheism

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

Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristFolly, Effects OfComplacencyUnderestimationDeath For Other Reasonsapostasy

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

Verse ConceptsWisdom Gives Wealth

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

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfRenewed HeartAspects Of People Made Known

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

Verse ConceptsLipsIntellectual KnowledgeValuing Knowledge

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

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfStudyKnowledgeSeeking For Abstract ThingsValuing Knowledge

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

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The GatewayPeople Being SilentWisdom And Guidance

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

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfBridlesBackBeatingsWhipsWhippingBinding As Animals

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

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfLamenessLegsProverbsWise Proverbs

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

Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards

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.

Verse ConceptsFormalityGod's DwellingThe Work Of FoolsCare Of FeetSacrificeFoolsGoing To ChurchListening To GodfootstepsbehaviorevangelisingGuarding Yourself

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

Verse ConceptsProcrastinationGod's Attitude To FoolsMaking VowsNot Pleasing GodThe promises of GodPromisesMaking Mistakesfulfillment

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}?

Verse ConceptsAdvantagesPoor PeopleWise Man Or Fool

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

Verse ConceptsPleasure, WorldlyWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToThe Work Of FoolsThe Work Of The Wise

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

Verse ConceptsReproving PeopleWise Man Or FoolFoolscriticismrebuking

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

Verse ConceptsVanityThornsUseless EndeavourWeedpot

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

Verse ConceptsNo ShoutingFaintnessFools

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.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfGod's WaysLife, Of FaithHighwayPurity, Nature OfWay, TheThe Work Of FoolsMaking RoadsWalking In God's WayHolinessErrorHighwaysFoolsMissing SomeoneBeing LostThe Environmentbridgesvacation

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