Bible verses about "fool" | Matthew

¹ To the chaunter, of Dauid. The folyshe bodyes saye in their hertes: tushe, there is no God. They are corrupt, & become abhominable in their doynges, there is not one that doth good.

³ Vnto the horse belongeth a whyppe, to the Asse a brydle, and a rodde to the fooles backe. ⁴ Geue not the foole an answere after hys folyshnesse, lest thou become lyke vnto hym: ⁵ but make the fole an answer to his folishnes, lest he be wise in his own conceat. ⁶ He is lame of his fete yea dronken is he in vanite, that committeth any thing to a fole. ⁷ Like as it is an vnsemely thing to haue legs & yet to halt euen so is a parable in the foles mouthe. ⁸ He that setteth a foole in hye dignity, that is euen as if a man did cast a precious stone vp on the gallous. ⁹ A parable in a fooles mouth is lyke a thorne that prycketh a dronken man in the hand. ¹⁰ A man of experience dyscerneth all thynges well, but whoso hyreth a foole, hyreth such one as will take no hede. ¹¹ Lyke as the dogge turueth agayne to hys vomyte, euen so a foole beginneth hys folishnesse agayne a fresh. ¹² If thou seiest a man that is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a fole then in him.

⁷ A fooles mouth is hys owne destruccion and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.

²³ A fole doth wyckedly and maketh but a sport of it: neuerthelesse it is wysdome for a man to beware of suche.

⁷ Se that thou meddle not with a foole, and do as though thou haddest no knowledge. ⁸ The wysdome of hym that hath vnderstanding is, to take hede vnto hys way but the folyshnes of the vnwyse disceaueth. ⁹ Foles make but a sporte of synne, but ther is fauourable loue amonge the rightuous.

²⁸ Yea a verye foole (when he holdeth his tonge) is counted wyse, and to haue vnderstandinge, when he shutteth his lyppes.

¹⁶ A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euel, but a foole goeth on presumptuously.

¹ Warne them that they submytte them selues to rule and power to obeye the offycers that they be ready vnto al good workes ² that they speake euyll of noman that they be no fyghters, but softe, shewynge all meakenes vnto all men. ³ For we our selues also in tymes paste, vnwyse, dysobedient, deceyued, in daunger to lustes, and to dyuers maners of voluptuousnes, lyuyng in malycyousnes and enuye, ful of hate, hatyng one another. ⁴ But after that the kyndnes and loue of our sauyoure God to man warde appered, ⁵ not of the dedes of rightuousnes, which we wrought but of hys mercy he saued vs, by the fountayne of the newe byrth, & with the renuyng of the holye ghost, ⁶ which he shed on vs aboundauntly, thorowe Iesus Christe oure sauyoure, ⁷ that we ones iustifyed by hys grace, shoulde be heyres of eternall lyfe, thorow hope. ⁸ Thys is a true saiynge. Of these thynges I would thou shouldest certyfye, that they whiche beleue God, might be dylygent to go forwarde in good workes. These thynges are good and profytable vnto men. ⁹ Folysh questions and genealogyes, and braulynge and stryfe aboute the law auoyde: for they are vnprofytable and superfluous. ¹⁰ A man that is geuen to heresye, after the fyrst & the seconde admonicyon auoyde, ¹¹ remembring that he that is suche, is peruerted, and synneth euen damned by hys owne iudgement.

²⁶ He that trusteth in his own hert, is a foole: but he that dealeth wysely, shal be safe.

²² but I sai vnto yow, whosoeuer is angre wt his brother without a cause shal be in daunger of iudgement. Whosoeuer saieth to his brother Racha, shalbe in daunger of a counsel. But whosoeuer saieth thou fole, shalbe in daunger of hel fire

⁶ A fooles lippes are euer brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto battayll.

⁹ If a wyse man go to lawe wyth a foole (whether he deale wyth hym frendly or roughly) he getteth no rest.

¹⁹ And then saith he: I dyd it but in sporte.

¹¹ A foole poureth out his spirit altogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

⁷ The feare of the Lord is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despise wysdome & destruccion.

² A foole hath no delite in understanding, but only in those thynges wherin his herte reioyseth.