- Proverbs 23:9 (NIV):
“Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.”
- Proverbs 14:7 (NIV):
“Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips.”
- Proverbs 26:4 (NIV):
“Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him.”
- Proverbs 26:12 (NIV):
“Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.”
- Proverbs 15:1 (NIV):
“A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”
- Proverbs 17:28 (NIV):
“Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.”
- Proverbs 29:9 (NIV):
“If a wise person goes to court with a fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.”
- Proverbs 18:2 (NIV):
“Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.”
- Matthew 7:6 (NIV):
“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.”
- Titus 3:9 (NIV):
“But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless.”
- Proverbs 23:7 (NIV):
“For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.”
- Proverbs 18:6 (NIV):
“Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels; they are asking for a beating.”
- Proverbs 20:3 (NIV):
“It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.”
- Matthew 7:15 (NIV):
“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.”
- Proverbs 26:5 (NIV):
“Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.”
- Proverbs 19:3 (NIV):
“A person’s own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the Lord.”
- Proverbs 29:11 (NIV):
“Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.”
- Matthew 10:14 (NIV):
“If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.”
- Proverbs 20:1 (NIV):
“Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.”
- Proverbs 26:11 (NIV):
“As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.”
- Proverbs 29:20 (NIV):
“Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them.”
- 1 Timothy 6:20 (NIV):
“Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV):
“Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become ‘fools’ so that you may become wise.”
- Proverbs 29:22 (NIV):
“An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.”
- Titus 3:10 (NIV):
“Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them.”
- Proverbs 17:12 (NIV):
“Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.”
- 1 Corinthians 1:20 (NIV):
“Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?”
- Proverbs 18:7 (NIV):
“The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.”
- 2 Timothy 2:23 (NIV):
“Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.”
- Proverbs 18:13 (NIV):
“To answer before listening—that is folly and shame.”