When I put together this study years ago I thought to myself I have been this guy. I pretty much did most of everything that you will see the fool do. You see, there is a difference between intelligence, knowledge and wisdom. You can be intelligent, have a quick mind that processes information and in general makes good decisions. You can be knowledgeable, knowing also sorts of information. And you can be wise, knowing how to make wise decisions. You can also have a head full of knowledge be semi intelligent and act like a fool. This was me!!!! There is also the fool who is devoid of intelligence and knowledge and still acts like a fool.

Since I have become a Christian, the LORD has taken away a lot of my old nature and imputed some of His good characteristics. He has given me some wisdom to make better decisions, He has given me more knowledge about spiritual things that happen in this world and He has given me discernment to truly know the difference between good and evil. So that I hopefully do not make as many mistakes as I used too. Now this study was put together in order for people to recognize the fool and to stay away from this person for they do not make good decisions and so that people can also see how foolish they have been or tend to be, so that they can correct themselves if they are wise.

I would suggest to read the study on wisdom to compare the two different ways that people live. You will see the difference between the foolish and the wise. How different their lives are and how God views both of them. He loves them both, but because of their actions, they live totally different lives here on this earth. You can be poor or rich and either be a fool or wise. This is your choice whether you are wise or not. God will give you wisdom if you ask him for it. In James 1:5 it says to ask and believe that He will give it to you and you shall receive it. But the fool will never ask according to Scripture for he knows it all. I hope that you receive wisdom from this study and that you do not hang around with the foolish for they pay some pretty heavy judgments in this life and as the Word of God says “Bad company corrupts good manners”, and that you become like the people whom you hang around. But at the very least you should receive some knowledge of what the Word of God says about the fool. May God Bless You and keep you and may He give you wisdom, may you pray for all of those who you come into contact with that act foolish and may God bless the rest of your days!!!!

Fool: n. 1. a person who does silly or senseless things or who is easily tricked.

Folly: n. 1. the condition of being foolish. 2. any foolish action, belief, etc.

Attributes of a Fool:

Mindless offerings
Blabbermouth
Dreaming all the time
Always thinking about having a good time
Do not think about death
Angry
Despise wisdom and discipline
Fight the facts
Complacent
They are put to shame
Ignorant
Bring grief to their mother
Fall flat on their faces
Slanderers
Lack common sense
Doing wrong is fun for them
Belittle their neighbor
They will serve the wise
Idle away their time
They think they need no advice
They are quick tempered
They broadcast their folly
They brag about their foolishness
They will not turn from evil
They invite trouble
They have no knowledge
They deceive themselves
Make fun of guilt
Plunge ahead with great confidence
Short tempered
They brag about their foolishness
They do not think about things before they do them
No wisdom
Spout only foolishness
Despise their parent’s discipline
Cannot give wise advice
They feed on trash
They despise their mother
Foolishness brings joy to them
Their eyes wander to the ends of the earth
Bring grief to a father
Bring bitterness to a mother
No interest in understanding
Want to air their own opinions
They have constant quarrels
Their mouths are their ruin
Ruin their lives with their own foolishness
Are angry with God
A calamity to their father
Insist on quarreling
Spend whatever they get
They despise the wisest advice
A fool repeats his folly
They cause resentment
Give full vent to their anger

Ecclesiastes 5:1-7

As you enter the house of God, keep your ears open and your mouth shut! Don’t be a fool who doesn’t realize that mindless offerings to God are evil. And don’t make rash promises to God, for he is in heaven, and you are only here on earth. So let your words be few.

Just as being too busy gives you nightmares, being a fool makes you a blabbermouth. So when you make a promise to God, don’t delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him. It is better to say nothing than to promise something that you don’t follow through on. In such cases, your mouth is making you sin. And don’t defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved.

Dreaming all the time instead of working is foolishness. And there is ruin in a flood of empty words. Fear God instead.

Ecclesiastes 7:4

A wise person thinks much about death, while the fool thinks only about having a good time now.

Ecclesiastes 7:5-6

It is better to be criticized by a wise person than to be praised by a fool! Indeed a fool’s laughter is quickly gone, like thorns crackling in a fire. This also is meaningless.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Don’t be quick-tempered, for anger is the friend of fools.

Proverbs 1:7

Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 1:22

“You simpletons!” she cries. “How long will you go on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools fight the facts?

Proverbs 1:32

For they are simpletons who turn away from me – to death. They are fools, and their own complacency will destroy them.

Proverbs 3:35

The wise inherit honor, but fools are put to shame!

Proverbs 9:6

Leave the foolish ways behind, and begin to live; learn how to be wise.

Proverbs 9:13-18

The woman named Folly is loud and brash. She is ignorant and doesn’t even know it. She sits in her doorway on the heights overlooking the city. She calls out to men going by who are minding their own business. “Come home with me,” she urges the simple. To those without good judgment, she says, “Stolen water is refreshing; food eaten in secret tastes the best!” But the men don’t realize that her former guests are now in the grave.

Proverbs 10:1

A wise child brings joy to a father; a foolish child brings grief to a mother.

Proverbs 10:8

The wise are glad to be instructed, but babbling fools fall flat on their faces.

Proverbs 10:10

People who wink at wrong cause trouble, but a bold reproof promotes peace.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise people treasure knowledge, but the babbling of a fool invites trouble.

Proverbs 10:18

To hide hatred is to be a liar; to slander is to be a fool.

Proverbs 10:21

The godly give good advice, but fools are destroyed by their lack of common sense.

Proverbs 10:23

Doing wrong is fun for a fool, while wise conduct is a pleasure to the wise.

Proverbs 11:12

It is foolish to belittle a neighbor; a person with good sense remains silent

Proverbs 11:29

Those who bring trouble on their families inherit only the wind. The fool will be a servant to the wise.

Proverbs 12:11

Hard work means prosperity; only fools idle away their time.

Proverbs 12:15

Fools think they need no advice, but the wise listen to others.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool is quick-tempered, but a wise person stays calm when insulted.

Proverbs 12:23

Wise people don’t make a show of their knowledge, but fools broadcast their folly.

Proverbs 13:16

Wise people think before they act; fools don’t and even brag about it!

Proverbs 13:19

It is pleasant to see dreams come true, but fools will not turn from evil to attain them.

Proverbs 13:20

Whoever walks with the wise will become wise; whoever walks with fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 14:1

A wise woman builds her house; a foolish woman tears hers down with her own hands.

Proverbs 14:3

The talk of fools is a rod for their backs, but the words of the wise keep them out of trouble.

Proverbs 14:7

Stay away from fools, for you won’t find knowledge there.

Proverbs 14:8

The wise look ahead to see what is coming, but fools deceive themselves.

Proverbs 14:9

Fools make fun of guilt, but the godly acknowledge it and seek reconciliation.

Proverbs 14:16

The wise are cautious and avoid danger; fools plunge ahead with great confidence.

Proverbs 14:17

Those who are short-tempered do foolish things, and schemers are hated.

Proverbs 14:24

Wealth is a crown for the wise; the effort of fools yields only folly.

Proverbs 14:33

Wisdom is enshrined in an understanding heart; wisdom is not found among fools.

Proverbs 15:2

The wise person makes learning a joy; fools spout only foolishness.

Proverbs 15:5

Only a fool despises a parent’s discipline; whoever learns from correction is wise.

Proverbs 15:7

Only the wise can give good advice; fools cannot do so.

Proverbs 15:14

A wise person is hungry for truth, while the fool feeds on trash.

Proverbs 15:20

Sensible children bring joy to their father; foolish children despise their mother.

Proverbs 15:21

Foolishness brings joy to those who have no sense; a sensible person stays on the right path.

Proverbs 16:22

Discretion is a life-giving fountain to those who possess it, but discipline is wasted on fools.

Proverbs 17:7

Eloquent speech is not fitting for a fool; even less are lies fitting for a ruler.

Proverbs 17:10

A single rebuke does more for a person of understanding than a hundred lashes on the back of a fool.

Proverbs 17:12

It is safer to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to confront a fool caught in folly.

Proverbs 17:16

It is senseless to pay tuition to educate a fool who has no heart for wisdom.

Proverbs 17:21

It is painful to be the parent of a fool; there is no joy for the father of a rebel.

Proverbs 17:24

Sensible people keep their eyes glued on wisdom, but a fool’s eyes wander to the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:25

A foolish child brings grief to a father and bitterness to a mother.

Proverbs 17:28

Even fools are thought to be wise when they keep silent; when they keep their mouths shut, they seem intelligent.

Proverbs 18:2

Fools have no interest in understanding; they only want to air their own opinions.

Proverbs 18:6

Fools get into constant quarrels; they are asking for a beating.

Proverbs 18:7

The mouths of fools are their ruin; their lips get them into trouble.

Proverbs 19:1

It is better to be poor and honest than to be a fool and dishonest.

Proverbs 19:3

People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the LORD.

Proverbs 19:10

It isn’t right for a fool to live in luxury or for a slave to rule over princes!

Proverbs 19:13

A foolish child is a calamity to a father; a nagging wife annoys like a constant dripping.

Proverbs 19:29

Mockers will be punished, and the backs of fools will be beaten.

Proverbs 20:3

Avoiding a fight is a mark of honor; only fools insist on quarreling.

Proverbs 21:20

The wise have wealth and luxury, but fools spend whatever they get.

Proverbs 22:15

A youngster’s heart is filled with foolishness, but discipline will drive it away.

Proverbs 23:9

Don’t waste your breath on fools, for they will despise the wisest advice.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too much for a fool. When the leaders gather, the fool has nothing to say.

Proverbs 26:1

Honor doesn’t go with fools any more than snow with summer or rain with harvest.

Proverbs 26:3

Guide a horse with a whip, a donkey with a bridle, and a fool with a rod to his back!

Proverbs 26:4

When arguing with fools, don’t answer their foolish arguments, or you will become as foolish as they are.

Proverbs 26:5

When arguing with fools, be sure to answer their foolish arguments, or they will become wise in their own estimation.

(These last two verses people have often asked me if this is a contradiction, for in one statement God instructs us not to answer a fool, but in the next verse he tells us to answer a fool. This is what they call a contrast in the Bible, what this means is that you have to use the discernment that God has given you to either not answer the fool, or to answer the fool. For in some circumstances it is better not to answer the fool and in other circumstances you need to answer the fool, so that he or she doesn’t think that they are wise in their own eyes.) (Proverbs 26:4 and 26:5)

Proverbs 26:6

Trusting a fool to convey a message is as foolish as cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison!

Proverbs 26:7

In the mouth of a fool, a proverb becomes as limp as a paralyzed leg.

Proverbs 26:8

Honoring a fool is as foolish as tying a stone to a slingshot.

Proverbs 26:9

A proverb in a fool’s mouth is as dangerous as a thornbush brandished by a drunkard.

Proverbs 26:10

An employer who hires a fool or a bystander is like an archer who shoots recklessly.

Proverbs 26:11

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

Proverbs 26:12

There is more hope for fools than for people who think they are wise.

Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but the resentment caused by a fool is heavier than both.

Proverbs 27:22

You cannot separate fools from their foolishness, even though you grind them like grain with mortar and pestle.

Proverbs 28:26

Trusting oneself is foolish, but those who walk in wisdom are safe.

Proverbs 29:11

A fool gives full vent to anger, but a wise person quietly holds it back.

Proverbs 29:20

There is more hope for a fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.

Psalm 107:17

Some were fools in their rebellion; they suffered for their sins.