Proverbs 17:28
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28 Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise;
and he who shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs 18:2
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2 A fool has no delight in understanding,
but in expressing his own heart.
Proverbs 18:6-7
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6 A fool’s lips enter into contention,
and his mouth calls for flogging.
7 A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
and his lips are the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 19:1
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19 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Proverbs 19:10
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10 Delight is not seemly for a fool,
much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
Proverbs 19:29
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29 Judgments are prepared for scorners,
and beatings for the back of fools.
Proverbs 20:3
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3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife,
but every fool will be meddling.
Proverbs 23:9
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Saying Ten
9 Do not speak in the ears of a fool,
for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Proverbs 24:7
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Saying Twenty-Three
7 Wisdom is too high for a fool;
he does not open his mouth in the gate.
Proverbs 26:1
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26 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,
so honor is not seemly for a fool.
Proverbs 26:3-12
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3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the fool’s back.
4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
lest you also be like unto him.
5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
lest he be wise in his own conceit.
6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
cuts off the feet and drinks violence.
7 The legs of the lame are not equal;
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
8 As he who binds a stone in a sling,
so is he who gives honor to a fool.
9 As a thorn goes into the hand of a drunkard,
so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
10 The great God who formed all things
rewards the fool and rewards the transgressor.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit,
so a fool returns to his folly.
12 Do you see a man wise in his own conceit?
There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 27:3
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3 A stone is heavy and the sand weighty,
but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
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