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Proverbs 10 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Jeremiah 8 9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
Proverbs 3 35 The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.
Proverbs 14 24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
Proverbs 10 14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 14 33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
Proverbs 15 2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
1 Corinthians 3 18 Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Ecclesiastes 2 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
Proverbs 14 8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Isaiah 5 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!
Ecclesiastes 2 16 For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.
2 Corinthians 11 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
Proverbs 13 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
Luke 24 11 And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.
Psalms 107 17 Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Proverbs 12 23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
1 Corinthians 2 6 Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought:
Proverbs 12 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Jeremiah 9 5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
1 Corinthians 3 20 And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain.
Matthew 25 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
Ecclesiastes 10 3 Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.
Luke 24 25 Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
Proverbs 26 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
1 Corinthians 1 21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Proverbs 15 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
Proverbs 17 24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 1 7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Daniel 5 8 Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
Proverbs 17 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Psalms 94 8 Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?
Proverbs 15 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
2 Chronicles 9 6 Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
Proverbs 8 5 O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
Proverbs 1 32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
Proverbs 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.
Proverbs 26 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Proverbs 15 21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Proverbs 29 11 A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.
1 Corinthians 4 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
Ecclesiastes 7 23 All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
Ecclesiastes 2 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Ecclesiastes 9 17 The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.
1 Corinthians 1 20 Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
Proverbs 23 9 Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.
Ephesians 5 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Jeremiah 9 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
1 Corinthians 3 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
Ecclesiastes 7 5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.