Proverbs 26:10
Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.
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- Prov 11:31 : 31 If the upright man is rewarded on earth, how much more the evil-doer and the sinner!
- Rom 2:6 : 6 Who will give to every man his right reward:
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- Prov 26:11-122 verses78%
11 Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.
12 Have you seen a man who seems to himself to be wise? There is more hope for the foolish than for him.
- Prov 26:3-97 verses77%
3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.
4 Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
6 He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
7 The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.
8 Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.
9 Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.
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21 He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
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23 It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.
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16 A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.
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16 How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?
- Prov 14:8-92 verses72%
8 The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
9 In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.
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24 Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.
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29 Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.
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3 And when the foolish man is walking in the way, he has no sense and lets everyone see that he is foolish.
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29 The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.
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11 A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.
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1 Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.
- Prov 17:12-132 verses71%
12 It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.
13 If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.
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17 Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;
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8 The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.
- Prov 17:24-252 verses71%
24 Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.
- Prov 12:15-162 verses71%
15 The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.
16 A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.
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35 The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.
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32 For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.
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4 It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.
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10 Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.
- Eccl 10:14-152 verses70%
14 The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?
15 The work of the foolish will be a weariness to him, because he has no knowledge of the way to the town.
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3 A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.
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3 By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.
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5 A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.
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12 The words of a wise man's mouth are sweet to all, but the lips of a foolish man are his destruction.
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17 He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;
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33 Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.
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19 You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!
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18 The sinner gets the payment of deceit; but his reward is certain who puts in the seed of righteousness.
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6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
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10 A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.
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16 The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.
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5 The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.
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21 Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.
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18 Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.
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1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David.> The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.