"Folly, Fools and Foolishness, pt.2" (40 Days of Wisdom for Lent)

Too much talking isn’t right for a fool;
even less so false speech for an honorable person.
A rebuke goes deeper to an understanding person
than a hundred lashes to a fool.
Safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than fools in their folly.
Why should a fool have money
to pay for wisdom? He has no mind.
Having a fool for a son brings grief;
there’s no joy for a scoundrel’s father.
A foolish son is irritating to his father
and bitter to her who gave birth to him.
Fools who keep quiet are deemed wise;
those who shut their lips are smart.
(Proverbs 17:7,10,12,16,21,25,28 CEB)

Fools find no pleasure in understanding,
but only in expressing their opinion.
The lips of fools make accusations;
their mouths elicit beatings.
The mouth of fools is their ruin;
their lips are a trap for their lives.
Those who answer before they listen
are foolish and disgraceful.
(Proverbs 18:2,6-7,13 CEB)

Better to be poor and walk in innocence
than to have dishonest lips and be a fool.
People’s own folly corrupts their way,
but their hearts rage against the Lord.
Punishments were made for mockers,
and blows for the backs of fools.
(Proverbs 19:1,2,29 CEB)

It is honorable to back off from a fight,
but fools jump right in.
(Proverbs 20:3)

Folly is bound up in a child’s heart;
the rod of discipline removes it.
(Proverbs 22:15 CEB)

Don’t speak in the ears of fools,
for they will scorn your insightful words.
(Proverbs 23:9 CEB)

Wisdom is beyond foolish people.
They don’t open their mouths in the gate.
Those who plot evil
will be called master schemers.
The scheming of fools is sin;
people detest mockers.
(Proverbs 24:7-9 CEB)

Like snow in the summer or rain at harvest,
so honor isn’t appropriate for a fool.
Don’t answer fools according to their folly,
or you will become like them yourself.
Answer fools according to their folly,
or they will deem themselves wise.
Sending messages with a fool
is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence.
As legs dangle from a disabled person,
so does a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Like tying a stone in a sling,
so is giving respect to a fool.
Like a thorny bush in the hand of a drunk,
so is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
Like an archer who wounds someone randomly,
so is one who hires a fool or a passerby.
Like a dog that returns to its vomit,
so a fool repeats foolish mistakes.
Do you see people who consider themselves wise?
There is more hope for a fool than for them.
(Proverbs 26:1,4-12 CEB)

A stone is heavy and sand weighs much,
but the nuisance of fools is heavier than both.
Even if you grind fools in a mortar,
even grinding them along with the grain,
their folly won’t be driven from them.
(Proverbs 27:3,22 CEB)

Do you see people who are quick to speak?
There is more hope for fools than for them.
(Proverbs 29:20 CEB)

If you’ve been foolish and arrogant,
if you’ve been scheming,
put your hand to your mouth,
because churning milk makes curds,
squeezing the nose brings blood,
and stirring up anger produces strife.
(Proverbs 30:32-33 CEB)