כְּסִיל

A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.

Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.

So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.

For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!

The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.

Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.

As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.

What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.

It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.

For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.

Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.

The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.

A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.