Quotes about Fool
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
- Proverbs 15:5
A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
- Proverbs 15:14
Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
- Proverbs 17:7
A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
- Proverbs 17:10
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
- Proverbs 17:12
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
- Proverbs 17:16
A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
- Proverbs 17:21
Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
- Proverbs 17:24
Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
- Proverbs 17:28
A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
- Proverbs 18:2
A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
- Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
- Proverbs 18:7