Strong's G878 ἄφρων (aphron)

And I, whither shall I remove my reproach? and thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. And now, speak, I pray thee, to the king, for surely he will not keep me from thee.

Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women. If we have received good things of the hand of the Lord, shall we not endure evil things? In all these things that happened to him, Job sinned not at all with his lips before God.

For wrath destroys the foolish one, And envy slays him that has gone astray.

And I have seen foolish ones taking root: But suddenly their habitation was devoured.

They are sons of fools and vile men, Whose name and glory are quenched from off the earth.

Howbeit do thou learn, Job: No longer make answer as the foolish:

For the end, a Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in their devices; There is none that does goodness, there is not even so much as one.

Deliver me from all my transgressions: Thou hast made me a reproach to the foolish.

When he shall see wise men dying, The fool and the senseless one shall perish together; And they shall leave their wealth to strangers.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves, and become abominable in iniquities: There is none that does good.

Remember this thy creation: an enemy has reproached the Lord, And a foolish people has provoked thy name.

Arise, O God, plead thy cause: Remember thy reproaches that come from the foolish one all the day.

A foolish man will not know, And a senseless man will not understand this.

Understand now, ye simple among the people; And ye fools, at length be wise.

So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: But the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, Having become ungodly have hated knowledge, And are become subject to reproofs.

Goes in ways that are not good.

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

Whoso is foolish, let him turn aside to me: And to them that want understanding she says,

Comes to want a morsel.

saying, Whoso is most senseless of you, let him turn aside to me; And I exhort those that want prudence, saying,

A wise son makes his father glad: But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

Poverty brings a man low: But the hands of the vigorous make rich. And shall use the fool for a servant.

But they that utter railings are most foolish.

truths: But the foolish die in want.

But wisdom brings forth prudence for a man.

He that deals not graciously with his own house shall inherit the wind; And the fool shall be servant to the wise man.

He that loves instruction loves sense, But he that hates reproofs is a fool.

But a wise man hearkens to counsels.

But a prudent man hides his own disgrace.

But the heart of fools shall meet with curses.

But the fool displays his own mischief.

But he that walks with fools shall be known.

Wise women build houses: But a foolish one digs hers down with her hands.

Out of the mouth of fools comes a rod of pride; But the lips of the wise preserve them.

All things are adverse to a foolish man; But wise lips are the weapons of discretion.

The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; But the folly of fools leads astray.

A wise man fears, and departs from evil; But the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor.

Fools shall have mischief for their portion; But the prudent shall take fast hold of understanding.

A prudent man is the crown of the wise: But the occupation of fools is evil.

A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: But a man of impatient spirit is very foolish.

There is wisdom in the good heart of a man: But in the heart of fools it is not discerned.

The tongue of the wise knows what is good: But the mouth of the foolish tells out evil things.

A fool scorns his father’s instruction: But he that keeps his commandments is more prudent. In abounding righteousness is great strength: But the ungodly shall utterly perish from the earth.

The lips of the wise are bound by discretion: But the hearts of the foolish are not safe.

his father; But a foolish son sneers at his mother.

Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; But the instruction of fools is evil.

But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: A foolish man digs up evil for himself, And treasures fire on his own lips.

A wise servant shall have rule over foolish masters, And shall divide portions among brethren.

Nor lying lips a just man.

But a fool, though scourged, understands not.

But fools will meditate evils.

As he also that becomes surety would make himself responsible for his own friends.

A father rejoices not over an uninstructed son; But a wise son gladdens his mother.

But the eyes of a fool go to the ends of the earth.

is a cause of anger to his father, And grief to her that bore him.

The lips of a fool bring him into troubles, And his bold mouth calls for death.

A fool’s mouth is ruin to him, And his lips are a snare to his soul.

He that has found a good wife has found favors, And has received gladness from God. And he that keeps an adulteress is foolish and ungodly.

Delight does not suit a fool, Nor is it seemly if a servant should begin to rule with haughtiness.

A foolish son is a disgrace to his father: Vows paid out of the hire of a harlot are not pure.

When a pestilent character is scourged, a simple man is made wiser: And if thou reprove a wise man, he will understand discretion.

He that becomes surety for a foolish child will despise the ordinance: And the mouth of ungodly men shall drink down judgments.

Scourges are preparing for the intemperate, And punishments likewise for fools.

It is a glory to a man to turn aside from railing; But every fool is entangled with such matters.

A desirable treasure will rest on the mouth of the wise; But foolish men will swallow it up.

An intelligent man seeing a bad man severely punished is himself instructed, But fools pass by and are punished.

Say nothing in the ears of a fool, Lest at any time he sneer at thy wise words.

The fool also dies in sins; And uncleanness attaches to a pestilent man.

And a senseless man is like a vineyard.

For I am the most simple of all men, and there is not in me the wisdom of men.

if a servant reign; or a fool be filled with food;

The wise man’s eyes are in his head; But the fool walks in darkness: And I perceived, even I, That one event shall happen to them all.

And I said in my heart, As the event of the fool is, So shall it be to me, even to me; And to what purpose have I gained wisdom? I said moreover in my heart, This is also vanity, Because the fool speaks of his abundance.

For there is no remembrance of the wise man With the fool forever; Forasmuch as now in the coming days All things are forgotten: And how shall the wise man die with the fool?

And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? And whether he will have power over all my labor In which I labored, and wherein I grew wise under the sun? This is also vanity.

The fool folds his hands together, And eats his own flesh.

Better is a poor and wise child Than an old and foolish king, Who knows not how to take heed any longer.

Keep thy foot, whensoever thou goest to the house of God; And when thou art near to hear, Let thy sacrifice be better than the gift of fools: For they know not that they are doing evil.

For through the multitude of trial a dream comes; And a fool’s voice is with a multitude of words.

Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, Defer not to pay it; For he has no pleasure in fools: Pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed.

For what advantage has the wise man over the fool, Since even the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life?

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; But the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

It is better to hear a reproof of a wise man, Than for a man to hear the song of fools.

As the sound of thorns under a caldron, So is the laughter of fools: This is also vanity.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: For anger will rest in the bosom of fools.

A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; But a fool’s heart at his left.

Yea, and whenever a fool walks by the way, His heart will fail him, And all that he thinks of is folly.

The fool has been set in very high places, While rich men would sit in a low one.

The words of a wise mouth are gracious: But the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

A fool moreover multiplies words: Man knows not what has been, nor what will be: Who shall tell him what will come after him?

The labor of fools will afflict them, As that of one who knows not to go to the city.

And their feet run to wickedness, swift to shed blood; their thoughts also are thoughts of murder; destruction and misery are in their ways;

For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.

The partridge utters her voice, she gathers eggs which she did not lay; so is a man gaining his wealth unjustly; in the midst of his days his riches shall leave him, and at his latter end he will be a fool.

Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

I say again, let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.

For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

For froward thoughts separate from God: And his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise.