Quotes about Foolishness
If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
- Proverbs 9:12
The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
- Proverbs 9:13
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
- Proverbs 9:16
The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
- Proverbs 10:1
A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
- Proverbs 10:8
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
- Proverbs 10:13
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
- Proverbs 10:14
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
- Proverbs 10:21
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
- Proverbs 12:1
A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
- Proverbs 12:23
Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
- Proverbs 13:16
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- Proverbs 14:1