11 Bible Verses about Counted As Fools

And the king lamented for Abner, and said, Should Abner die as a fool dies?

And I, where shall I carry my shame? And as for thee, thou will be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from thee.

Then I said, Surely these are poor, they are foolish, for they know not the way of LORD, nor the law of their God.

But I say to you, that every man who is angry at his brother without cause will be liable to the judgment, and whoever speaks an insult to his brother will be liable to the council, and whoever says, Foolish man, will be liable to

The days of visitation have come. The days of recompense have come. Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

who frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad, who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish,

But he said to her, Thou speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

And he said to them, O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets spoke.

We are foolish for the sake of Christ, but ye are wise in Christ. We are weak, but ye are strong. Ye are esteemed, but we are disreputable.

Why are we counted as beasts, [and] have become unclean in your sight?

The fool shall no more be called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.