11 Bible Verses about Counted As Fools

The king sang a lament for Abner and said, "Should Abner have died the death of a fool?

As for me, where should I take my disgrace? You will be as one of the fools in Israel. So please, speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you."

Then I said, "[They are] just simple people, they are foolish, for they know not the way of Yahweh, the law of their God.

But I say to you that everyone who is angry at his brother will be subject to judgment, and whoever says to his brother, 'Stupid fool!' will be subject to the council, and whoever says, 'Obstinate fool!' will be subject to fiery hell.

The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have come; Israel knows! The prophet [is] a fool, the man of the spirit [is] acting like a madman. Because of the greatness of your sin, [your] hostility [is] great.

who frustrates [the] signs of oracle priests and makes a fool of diviners, who drives [the] wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,

So he said to her, "You speak like one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should we receive the good from God, but not receive the evil?" In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.

And he said to them, "O foolish and slow in heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!

We [are] fools for the sake of Christ, but you [are] prudent in Christ! We [are] weak, but you [are] strong! You [are] honored, but we [are] dishonored!

Why are we considered as animals? [Why] are we taken as stupid in your eyes?

A fool will no longer be called noble, and a scoundrel will not be said [to be] eminent.