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For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

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

He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

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

Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

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

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

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

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

Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

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

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

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

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

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

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

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

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.