'Fools' in the Bible
Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!
'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?
Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!
Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,
The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.
A desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, And an abomination to fools is: Turn from evil.
Whoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.
Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.
The crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools is folly.
In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.
The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.
The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools is not right.
The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.
A fountain of life is understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.
Judgments have been prepared for scorners, And stripes for the back of fools!
A whip is for a horse, a bridle for an ass, And a rod for the back of fools.
Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.
A thorn hath gone up into the hand of a drunkard, And a parable in the mouth of fools.