Being a Fool

The Fool

1 Being A Fool

1.1 A Definition Of A Fool

1.1.1 A Fools Resist The Call Of Wisdom

1.1.1.1 Pr 1:22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

1.1.1.2 Pr 1:24 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

1.1.2 Wind

1.1.2.1 Pr 14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

1.1.3 Pr 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

1.1.4 Pr 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

1.1.5 Pr 19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

1.1.6 Pr 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

1.2 Advice To Correct Foolishness

1.2.1 Pr 30:32 If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

1.3 Answering A Fool

1.3.1 Answer A Fool According To Folly Less He Be Wise In His Own Eye

1.3.1.1 Pr 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

1.3.2 Answer Not A Fool To His Foolishness Else You Are Like Him

1.3.2.1 Pr 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

1.4 Companion Of Fools

1.4.1 Pr 13:20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

1.5 E Warning Of Being A Fool

1.5.1 A Repeat Of Effect Of Rebellion

1.5.1.1 A Final Argument To Stay Away From The Criminal Activity Of Fornication

1.5.1.1.1 He Shall To Die Prematurely (by Neglect Of Wise Moral Conduct) Without Discipline, Chastening, Correction And In The Multitude, Abundance, Greatness Of His Foolishness He Shall Go Astray

1.5.1.1.1.1 Pr 5:23 He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

1.5.1.1.2 His Perversity, Depravity, Iniquity, Guilt Or Punishment Of Iniquity Shall To Capture, Seize The Wicked Criminal He Shall To Grasp, Hold, Support, Attain, Lay Hold Of, Hold Fast With The Rope Of His Sins

1.5.1.1.2.1 Pr 5:22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

1.5.1.2 Pr 1:31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit, of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.,

1.5.1.3 Pr 1:32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

1.6 F Warning To Avoid Fools

1.6.1 A Bear Robbed Of Her Whelps Is A Better Encounter Than A Fool In Folly

1.6.1.1 Pr 17:12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

1.6.2 Pr 14:7 Go from the presence, of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

1.7 Foolish Son

1.7.1 A Fool Is A Grief To His Father Bitterness To Her That Born His

1.7.1.1 Pr 17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.

1.7.2 Fathering Of A Fool, Stupid Fellow, Dullard, Simpleton, Arrogant One Is To His Grief, Heaviness, Sorrow And The Father Of A Fool, Stupid Fellow, Dullard, Simpleton, Arrogant One Has No To Rejoice

1.7.2.1 Pr 17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

1.7.3 Fool Is Engulfing Ruin, Destruction, Calamity To His Father Fighting Of His Wife As Continual Dripping

1.7.3.1 Pr 19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

1.7.4 Pr 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

1.7.5 Pr 15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

1.7.6 Pr 15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

1.8 Foolish Stupid Woman The Ra - Women

1.8.1 A Characteristics - Loud

1.8.1.1 Pr 9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.,

1.8.2 B Sit In The High Places In The City

1.8.2.1 Pr 9:14 For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

1.8.3 C Calls Passers - By That Goes To Lead, Direct, Lead Straight Along

1.8.3.1 Pr 9:15 To call passengers, who go right on their ways:

1.8.4 D Who Is Simple And Naive And That Wants Understanding

1.8.4.1 Pr 9:16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

1.8.5 E Gives The Opposite Advice To Goodness And Rightness

1.8.5.1 Pr 9:17 Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

1.8.6 F This Woman's Guests Are Unaware Of The Deadly Poison In Her Traps

1.8.6.1 Pr 9:18 But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

1.9 Foolish Woman

1.9.1 Pr 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

1.10 Foolishness And The Child

1.10.1 Folly Is Locked In The Heart Of A Child But The Rod Of Discipline, Chastening, Correction Will To Remove, Put Far Away

1.10.1.1 Pr 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

1.11 The Fool And Being Evil

1.11.1 Pr 13:19 The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.,

1.12 The Fool And Being Not Corrigible; Bad Beyond Correction Or Reform:

1.12.1 A Dog To Vomit And A Fool Eats His Folly

1.12.1.1 Pr 26:11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

1.13 The Fool And Being Soon Angry

1.13.1 Pr 14:17 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

1.14 The Fool And Being Wise

1.14.1 Pr 17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

1.15 The Fool And Being Wise

1.15.1 Pr 17:28 Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

1.16 The Fool And Discipline

1.16.1 A Whip For The Horse And A Bridle For A Donkey So A Rod For The Fool's Back

1.16.1.1 Pr 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

1.16.2 Pr 17:10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than a hundred stripes, into a fool.

1.16.3 Pr 19:29 Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.

1.16.4 Pr 27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from, him.

1.16.5 Pr 29:9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

1.17 The Fool And Finding Wisdom

1.17.1 Why Does A Fool Have Money To Pay For Wisdom He Has No Heart To It

1.17.1.1 Pr 17:16 Wherefore, is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

1.17.2 Pr 17:24 Wisdom is before, him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

1.18 The Fool And Honour

1.18.1 He That Binds A Stone In A Sling So Is He That Honours A Fool

1.18.1.1 Pr 26:8 As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honor to a fool.

1.18.2 Honour To A Fool Is Out Of Place

1.18.2.1 Pr 26:1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.

1.19 The Fool And Hope

1.19.1 A Man Wise In Own Eyes A Fool Has More Hope Than Him

1.19.1.1 Pr 26:12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

1.19.2 Pr 29:20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

1.20 The Fool And Instuction

1.20.1 A Caution Of Speaking Wise Words To A Fool

1.20.1.1 Speak Not In The Ears Of A Fool, Stupid Fellow, Dullard, Simpleton, Arrogant One He Will To Despise, Hold In Contempt, Hold As Insignificant Your Prudence, Insight, Understanding

1.20.1.1.1 Pr 23:9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

1.20.2 Pr 16:22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

1.21 The Fool And Pleasure

1.21.1 Daintiness, Luxury, Exquisite Delight, Pleasantness, Delight, Comfort Is Not Comely, Beautiful, Seemly For A Fool Much Less For A Servant To Rule Over Princes

1.21.1.1 Pr 19:10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

1.22 The Fool And Strife

1.22.1 Honour To Cease From Strife A Fool Will Be Medling

1.22.1.1 Pr 20:3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife:, but every fool will be meddling.

1.23 The Fool And The Wicked Woman

1.23.1 A The Stupid Youngster

1.23.1.1 Pr 7:6 For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,

1.23.1.2 Pr 7:7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,

1.23.1.3 Pr 7:8 Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house,

1.23.1.4 Pr 7:9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night:

1.23.2 B He Was Caught

1.23.2.1 Pr 7:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

1.23.2.2 Pr 7:23 Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.

1.23.3 C Horrible Effects Of Being Caught By The Evil Woman

1.23.3.1 Pr 7:26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.

1.23.3.2 Pr 7:27 Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.

1.24 The Fool And Trusting Own Heart

1.24.1 Pr 28:26 He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

1.25 The Fool And Wealth

1.25.1 Treasure - House, Treasury To Be Desirable And Oil In The House Of The Wise But The Fool, Stupid Fellow, Dullard, Simpleton, Arrogant One To Swallow Up, Engulf It

1.25.1.1 Pr 21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

1.26 The Fool Vs The Prudent

1.26.1 Pr 12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

1.26.2 Pr 12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

1.26.3 Pr 13:16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

1.26.4 Pr 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

1.26.5 Pr 15:5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

1.27 The Fool Vs The Righteous

1.27.1 Pr 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

1.27.2 Pr 11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

1.27.3 Pr 12:16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

1.27.4 Pr 14:9 Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor.

1.27.5 Pr 14:16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil:, but the fool rageth, and is confident.

1.28 The Fool Vs The Understanding

1.28.1 Pr 14:33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.

1.29 The Fool Vs The Wise

1.29.1 Pr 3:35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

1.29.2 Pr 10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

1.29.3 Pr 10:23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

1.30 The Fool's Speech

1.30.1 A Fool Has No Delight In Understanding But To Uncover His Heart

1.30.1.1 Pr 18:2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but, that his heart may discover itself.

1.30.2 As A Thorn Penetrates The Hand Of A Drunkard So A Parable In The Mouth Of A Fool

1.30.2.1 Pr 26:9 As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

1.30.3 As The Legs Of The Lame Hangs Low So The Proverb, Proverbial Saying, Aphorism In The Mouth Of A Fool

1.30.3.1 Pr 26:7 The legs of the lame, are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

1.30.4 D Fool's Mouth Is His Destruction, Ruin, Terror, A Breaking His Lips A Bait, Lure, Snare For His Soul

1.30.4.1 Pr 18:7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

1.30.5 E Fool's Speech Enters Into Strife, Controversy, Dispute His Mouth Calls For Blows

1.30.5.1 Pr 18:6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

1.30.6 The Poor Living In Integrity Is Better Than The Twisted, Distorted, Crooked, Perverse, Perverted In Lips And A Fool, Stupid Fellow, Dullard, Simpleton, Arrogant One

1.30.6.1 Pr 19:1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, in his lips, and is a fool.

1.30.7 Pr 10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

1.30.8 Pr 10:11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

1.30.9 Pr 10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

1.30.10 Pr 14:3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

1.30.11 Pr 15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

1.30.12 Pr 15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

1.30.13 Pr 17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less, do lying lips a prince.

1.30.14 Pr 29:11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

1.31 The Fool's Way

1.31.1 The Way Of One Dispises Wisdom Is Straight, Upright, Correct, Right In His Own Eyes But He The Hears Correction Is Wise

1.31.1.1 Pr 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

1.32 The Fool's Wrath

1.32.1 Pr 27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.,

1.33 The Simple And Wisdom

1.33.1 The Fool

1.33.1.1 Pr 24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

1.33.2 Wisdom Calls The Simple

1.33.2.1 A Not For The Intelligent But For The Simple And Fools

1.33.2.1.1 Pr 8:5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

1.33.2.2 B Instructs To Leave Foolishness And Go The Way Of Understanding

1.33.2.2.1 Pr 9:6 Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

1.34 The Unbearable Fool

1.34.1 Pr 30:22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

1.35 Trusting A Fool

1.35.1 Sending A Message By A Fool Cuts Off Feet And Drinks Violence, Wrong, Cruelty, Injustice

1.35.1.1 Pr 26:6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.