Proverbs 1:7
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7 Wisdom begins with the fear of the Lord,
but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long will you clueless people love your naïveté,
mockers hold their mocking dear,
and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:32
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32 The immature will die because they turn away;
smugness will destroy fools.
Proverbs 8:5
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5 Understand skill, you who are naive.
Take this to heart, you fools.
Proverbs 9:13-18
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“Woman Folly’s” invitation
13 Woman Folly is noisy;
she’s stupid and doesn’t even know it.
14 She sits at the doorway of her house,
on a seat at the city heights.
15 She invites those who pass by on the path,
those going straight on their way.
16 “Whoever is naive, come in here,”
she says to those who lack sense.
17 “Stolen water is sweet;
food eaten in secret is pleasant.”
18 But they don’t know that the dead are there;
her guests are in the depths of the grave.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 9:18 Heb Sheol
Proverbs 10:8
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8 The skilled mind accepts commands,
but a foolish talker is ruined.
Proverbs 10:18
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18 Lying lips conceal hate,
and those who spread slander are fools.
Proverbs 10:23
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23 Fools enjoy vile deeds,
but those with understanding take pleasure in wisdom.
Proverbs 11:29
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29 Those who trouble their family will inherit the wind.
The fool will be servant to the wise.
Proverbs 12:15-16
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15 Fools see their own way as right,
but the wise listen to advice.
16 Fools reveal their anger right away,
but the shrewd hide their contempt.
Proverbs 12:23
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23 The shrewd conceal their knowledge,
but the heart of fools proclaims their stupidity.
Proverbs 13:16
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16 The prudent all act intelligently,
but fools display their stupidity.
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