“For your ways are in full view of the Lord…”
Person Type in Proverbs
The Fool
Rejects correction. Knows but does not apply. Creates harm. Proverbs is unflinching about the fool — and its warnings are meant as mirrors, not just labels.
73 verses
Themes represented in this person type
All 73 Verses — The Fool
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“There are six things the Lord hates seven…”
“Good people obtain favor from the Lord but he…”
“The Lord detests the way of the wicked but…”
“The Lord detests the sacrifice of the wicked but…”
“Do not testify against your neighbor without cause would you…”
“Do not lurk like a thief near the house…”
“Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow…”
“A wise son heeds his fathers instruction but a…”
“A fool spurns a parents discipline but whoever heeds…”
“A wise son brings joy to his father but…”
“Listen my son accept what I say and…”
“Remove the dross from the silver and a silversmith…”
“When the righteous thrive the people rejoice when the…”
“The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge but the…”
“The lips of the wise spread knowledge but the hearts…”
“The discerning heart seeks knowledge but the mouth of…”
“The heart of the righteous weighs its answers but…”
“Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in…”
“The lips of fools bring them strife and their…”
“A false witness will not go unpunished and whoever pours…”
“Whoever plots evil will be known as a schemer…”
“Do not answer a fool according to his folly or…”
“Sending a message by the hands of a fool is…”
“Like the useless legs of one who is lame is…”
“Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware are…”
“Such are the paths of all who go after…”
“A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting…”
“but fools despise wisdom and instruction…”
“The wise in heart accept commands but a chattering…”
“The simple believe anything but the prudent give thought…”
“A discerning person keeps wisdom in view but a…”
“For through wisdom your days will be many and years…”
“Evil doers are trapped by their sinful talk and…”
“A troublemaker and a villain who goes about with…”
“A kindhearted woman gains honor but ruthless men…”
“A cheerful heart is good medicine but a crushed…”
“A lying tongue hates those it hurts and a flattering…”
“When calamity comes the wicked are brought down but…”
“Walk with the wise and become wise for a…”
“Do not withhold good from those to whom it…”
“Folly is bound up in the heart of a child…”
“Do not withhold discipline from a child if you…”
“The wise woman builds her house but with her…”
“Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death is…”
“A persons own folly leads to their ruin yet their…”
“Whoever remains stiff necked after many rebukes will suddenly…”
“Before a downfall the heart is haughty but humility…”
“Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity and the rod they…”
“Though you grind a fool in a mortar grinding…”
“Whoever scorns instruction will pay for it but…”
“Do not speak to fools for they will scorn…”
“Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked but those…”
“Like snow in summer or rain in harvest honor…”
“Thus you will walk in the ways of the good…”
“What the wicked dread will overtake them what…”
“The righteous will never be uprooted but the wicked…”
“If the righteous receive their due on earth…”
“No one can be established through wickedness but the…”
“The righteous hate what is false but the wicked…”
“The righteous eat to their hearts content but the…”
“The house of the wicked will be destroyed but…”
“Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent the…”
“Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a…”
“The violence of the wicked will drag them away…”
“Do not envy the wicked do not desire their…”
“The wicked flee though no one pursues but the…”
“Blessings crown the head of the righteous but violence…”
“Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning…”
“Truthful lips endure forever but a lying tongue lasts…”
“An honest witness does not deceive but a false…”
“Stay away from a fool for you will not…”
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