Lexicon :: Strong's H191 - 'ĕvîl

For anger kills a fool,

and jealousy slays the gullible.

Fools suffered affliction

because of their rebellious ways and their iniquities.

The fear of the LORD

is the beginning of knowledge;

fools despise wisdom and discipline.

He follows her impulsively

like an ox going to the slaughter,

like a deer bounding toward a trap[fn]

A wise heart accepts commands,

but foolish lips will be destroyed.

A sly wink of the eye causes grief,

and foolish lips will be destroyed.

The wise store up knowledge,

but the mouth of the fool hastens destruction.

The lips of the righteous feed many,

but fools die for lack of sense.

The one who brings ruin on his household

will inherit the wind,

and a fool will be a slave

to someone whose heart is wise.

A fool’s way is right in his own eyes,

but whoever listens to counsel is wise.

The proud speech of a fool brings a rod of discipline,[fn]

but the lips of the wise protect them.

Fools mock at making reparation,[fn]

but there is goodwill among the upright.

A fool despises his father’s discipline,

but a person who accepts correction is sensible.

Insight is a fountain of life for its possessor,

but the discipline of fools is folly.

Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent ​—

discerning, when he seals his lips.

Honor belongs to the person who ends a dispute,

but any fool can get himself into a quarrel.

Wisdom is inaccessible to[fn] a fool;

he does not open his mouth at the city gate.

A stone is heavy, and sand a burden,

but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.

Though you grind a fool

in a mortar with a pestle along with grain,

you will not separate his foolishness from him.

If a wise person goes to court with a fool,

there will be ranting and raving but no resolution.[fn]

The princes of Zoan are complete fools;

Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice!

How can you say to Pharaoh,

“I am one[fn] of the wise,

a student of eastern[fn] kings”?

A road will be there and a way;

it will be called the Holy Way.

The unclean will not travel on it,

but it will be for the one who walks the path.

Fools will not wander on it.

“For my people are fools;

they do not know me.

They are foolish children,

without understanding.

They are skilled in doing what is evil,

but they do not know how to do what is good.”

The days of punishment have come;

the days of retribution have come.

Let Israel recognize it!

The prophet is a fool,

and the inspired man is insane,

because of the magnitude

of your iniquity and hostility.