AFFLICTION
Fools are afflicted because of their transgression; and because of their iniquities.
Ps 107:17

DESTRUCTION
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Pr 10:14

MOUTH
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Pr 14:3

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright: but the mouth of a fool pours out foolishness.
Pr 15:2

A fool's lips bring strife, and their mouth calls for a beating. A fool's mouth is their ruin, and their lips are the snare of their soul.
Pr 18:6,7

WISDOM
A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
Pr 14:16

Only a fool despises a parent's discipline; whoever learns from correction is wise.
Pr 15:5

I will not speak in the hearing of fools, for they will despise the wisdom of my words.
Pr 23:9

A wise child accepts their father's discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
Pr 13:1

UNDERSTANDING
The heart of him that has understanding seeks knowledge: but the mouth of a fool feeds on foolishness.
Pr 15:14

Even fools, when they hold their peace, are counted wise: and one that shuts their lips is esteemed a person of understanding.
Pr 17:28

Fools do not delight in understanding, but only in revealing their own mind.
Pr 18:2

REPROOF
A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.
Pr 17:10

One's foolishness ruins their way, and their heart rages against the LORD.
Pr 19:3

STRIFE
One's keeping away from strife is an honor, but any fool will quarrel.
Pr 20:3

FOLLY
I will not answer fools according to their folly, or I will be like them.
Pr 26:4

I answer fools according to their foolishness, or else they will become wise in their own eyes.
Pr 26:5

Like a dog that returns to its vomit, is a fool who repeats their folly.
Pr 26:11

When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish person, the foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest.
Pr 29:9

Fools always loses their temper, but a wise man holds it back.
Pr 29:11

A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish one's heart directs them toward the left.
Eccl 10:2

NONSENSE
For a fool speaks nonsense, and their heart inclines toward wickedness: to practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD.
Is 32:6

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