Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools’ insults!

Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food,

The king chanted the following lament for Abner: “Should Abner have died like a fool?

Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.

Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long!

Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler!

A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled.

Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you.

They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them.

For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David. Fools say to themselves, “There is no God.” They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right.

The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool.”

This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!

How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools in Israel! Just speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

But he replied, “You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.

For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.