Proverbs 17:12

17:12 It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs,

than to encounter a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 17:24

17:24 Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person,

but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 19:1

19:1 Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity

than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

Proverbs 26:9-10

26:9 Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard,

so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.

26:10 Like an archer who wounds at random,

so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passer-by.

Proverbs 27:3

27:3 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty,

but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them.

Proverbs 27:22

27:22 If you should pound the fool in the mortar

among the grain with the pestle,

his foolishness would not depart from him.