Quotes about Folly
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
— Proverbs 17:12
A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
— Proverbs 17:21
He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.
— Proverbs 18:13
A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
— Proverbs 19:3
Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
— Proverbs 19:29
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
— Proverbs 20:1
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
— Proverbs 24:7
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
— Proverbs 26:5
Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
— Proverbs 26:8
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
— Proverbs 27:22
So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
— Ecclesiastes 1:17
I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
— Ecclesiastes 2:2