15 The way of a fool seems right to him, but a wise man listens to advice. 16 A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.
16 A wise man fears the LORD and shuns evil, but a fool is hotheaded and reckless. 17 A quick-tempered man does foolish things, and a crafty man is hated.
12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
16 Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no desire to get wisdom?
2 A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.
9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will scorn the wisdom of your words.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar, grinding him like grain with a pestle, you will not remove his folly from him.
16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’ 18 Then he said, ‘This is what I'll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I'll say to myself, "You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy; eat, drink and be merry.’” 20 "But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ 21 This is how it will be with anyone who stores up things for himself but is not rich toward God.”
“We live a life- and make a legacy- one day and once choice at a time. May God enable each of us to be the "real deal," not for our glory but for His. ‘The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish tears it down with her own hands.’” (Proverbs 14:1) Donna Evans
“An awakened heart trembles at the audacity of sin, and stands alarmed at the contemplation of its punishment. How monstrous a thing is rebellion! How direful a doom is prepared for the ungodly! My soul, never laugh at sin’s fooleries, lest thou come to smile at sin itself. It is thine enemy, and thy Lord’s enemy – view it with detestation, for so only canst thou evidence the possession of holiness, without which no man can see the Lord.” C.H. Spurgeon
“Want of trust is at the root of almost all our sins and all our weaknesses, and how shall we escape it but by looking to Him and observing His faithfulness. The man who holds God’s faithfulness will not be foolhardy or reckless, but will be ready for every emergency.” Hudson Taylor
“He who provides for this life, but takes no care for eternity, is wise for a moment, but a fool forever.” John Tillotson
“You cannot imagine how great is people’s foolishness.....by hoping in themselves and putting trust in their own knowledge.” St. Catherine
“We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us. We are far too easily pleased.” C. S. Lewis
“Every attribute of God should become a fresh ray in the sunlight of our gladness. That He is wise should make us glad, knowing as we do our own foolishness. That He is mighty should cause us to rejoice who tremble at our weakness. That He is everlasting, should always be a theme of joy when we know that we wither as the grass. That He is un-changing, should perpetually yield us a song, since we change every hour. That He is full of grace, that He is overflowing with it, and that this grace in covenant He has given to us; that it is ours to cleanse us, ours to keep us, ours to sanctify us, ours to perfect us, ours to bring us to glory – all this should tend to make us glad in Him. This gladness in God is as a deep river; we have only as yet touched its brink, we know a little of its clear sweet, heavenly streams, but onward the depth is greater, and the current more impetuous in its joy.” Charles H. Spurgeon
“He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to keep what he cannot lose.” Jim Elliot