Haller's Concordance: FOOL

• And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dieth? 2 Sam. 3:33
• The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, they have done abominable works: there is none that doeth good. Ps. 14:1
• For he seeth that wise men die; all alike, the fool and the brutish perish, and they leave their wealth to others. Ps. 49:10
• The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God! They have corrupted themselves, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. Ps. 53:1
• A brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand it. Ps. 92:6
• He went after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, and as stocks serve for the correction of the fool; Pr. 7:22
• The wise in heart receiveth commandments; but a prating fool shall fall. Pr. 10:8
• He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating fool shall fall. Pr. 10:10
• The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction. Pr. 10:14
• He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool. Pr. 10:18
• He that troubleth his own house shall inherit wind; and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. Pr. 11:29
• The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel. Pr. 12:15
• The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent man covereth shame. Pr. 12:16
• In the fool's mouth is a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. Pr. 14:3
• A fool despiseth his father's instruction; but he that regardeth reproof becometh prudent. Pr. 15:5
• A reproof entereth more deeply into him that hath understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool. Pr. 17:10
• Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly. Pr. 17:12
• To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense? Pr. 17:16
• He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow, and the father of a vile man hath no joy. Pr. 17:21
• Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. Pr. 17:24
• Even a fool when he holdeth his peace is reckoned wise, and he that shutteth his lips, intelligent. Pr. 17:28
• A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself. Pr. 18:2
• A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes. Pr. 18:6
• A fool's mouth is destruction to him, and his lips are a snare to his soul. Pr. 18:7
• Better is a poor man that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. Pr. 19:1
• Good living beseemeth not a fool; how much less for a servant to have rule over princes. Pr. 19:10
• It is an honour for a man to cease from strife; but every fool rusheth into it. Pr. 20:3
• Wisdom is too high for a fool: he will not open his mouth in the gate. Pr. 24:7
• As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool. Pr. 26:1
• Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Pr. 26:4
• Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Pr. 26:5
• He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh damage. Pr. 26:6
• As a bag of gems in a stoneheap, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. Pr. 26:8
• A master roughly worketh every one: he both hireth the fool and hireth passers-by. Pr. 26:10
• As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly. Pr. 26:11
• Hast thou seen a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope of a fool than of him. Pr. 26:12
• A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than them both. Pr. 27:3
• If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him. Pr. 27:22
• He that confideth in his own heart is a fool; but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. Pr. 28:26
• If a wise man contendeth with a fool, whether he rage or laugh, he hath no rest. Pr. 29:9
• A fool uttereth all his mind; but a wise man keepeth it back. Pr. 29:11
• Hast thou seen a man hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. Pr. 29:20
• The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself also perceived that one event happeneth to them all. Eccl. 2:14
• And I said in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool so will it happen even to me; and why was I then so wise? Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity. Eccl. 2:15
• For there shall be no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; because everything is already forgotten in the days which come. And how dieth the wise even as the fool? Eccl. 2:16
• And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour at which I have laboured, and wherein I have been wise under the sun. This also is vanity. Eccl. 2:19
• The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. Eccl. 4:5
• For a dream cometh through the multitude of business, and a fool's voice through a multitude of words. Eccl. 5:3
• For what advantage hath the wise above the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? Eccl. 6:8
• For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity. Eccl. 7:6
• The heart of a wise man is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. Eccl. 10:2
• Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his sense faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. Eccl. 10:3
• The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself. Eccl. 10:12
• And the fool multiplieth words: yet man knoweth not what shall be; and what shall be after him, who will tell him? Eccl. 10:14
• As the partridge sitteth on eggs it hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool. Jer. 17:11
• The days of visitation are come; the days of recompence are come: Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the inspired man is mad, because of the greatness of thine iniquity, and the great enmity. Hos. 9:7
• But *I* say unto you, that every one that is lightly angry with his brother shall be subject to the judgment; but whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be subject to be called before the sanhedrim; but whosoever shall say, Fool, shall be subject to the penalty of the hell of fire. Mt. 5:22
• But God said to him, Fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall be what thou hast prepared? Lk. 12:20
• Fool; what *thou* sowest is not quickened unless it die. 1 Cor. 15:36
• Again I say, Let not any one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, receive me then even as a fool, that *I* also may boast myself some little. 2 Cor. 11:16
• For if I shall desire to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth; but I forbear, lest any one should think as to me above what he sees me to be, or whatever he may hear of me. 2 Cor. 12:6
• I have become a fool; *ye* have compelled me; for *I* ought to have been commended by you; for I have been nothing behind those who were in surpassing degree apostles, if also I am nothing. 2 Cor. 12:11