Quotes About Folly

Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”

The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.

Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.

The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.

A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.

It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.

He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.

A manís own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.

Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.

So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.

I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”

I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the few days of their lives.

Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the kingís successor do than what has already been accomplished?

And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:

I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.

As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumerís oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.

Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.

The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.

Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.