Quotes About Foolishness

Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.

A foolish son is his fatherís ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.

Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.

Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.

The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.

A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.

For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring?

and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.

Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.

Like cutting off oneís own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.

Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.

Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.

A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.

He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.

If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.