15 Bible Verses about Foolish People

I have been making a fool of myself, but you forced me to do it, when you ought to have been expressing your approval of me. For I am not a bit inferior to your superfine apostles, even if I am nobody!

Are you so senseless? Did you begin with the Spirit only to end now with the flesh?

For we ourselves were once without understanding, disobedient, deluded, enslaved to all kinds of passions and pleasures. Our minds were full of malice and envy. Men hated us and we hated one another.

Let no one of you deceive himself. If any one of you imagines that he is wiser than the rest of you, in what this world calls wisdom, he had better become a fool, so as to become really wise.

I wish you would put up with a little folly from me. Do put up with it!

I repeat, no one should think me a fool, but if you do, show me at least the patience you would show a fool, and let me have my little boast like the others.

When I boast in this reckless way, I do not say what I am saying for the Lord, but as a fool would talk.

Now five of them were foolish and five were sensible.

For the foolish ones brought their lamps but brought no oil with them,

And the foolish ones said to the sensible ones, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'

You fools! Did not the Creator of the outside make the inside too?

You foolish man, the very seed you sow never comes to life without dying first;

To my shame I must admit that I was too weak for that sort of thing. But whatever anyone else dares to boast of?? am playing the part of a fool?? will dare to boast of too.

Though if I do choose to boast, I will not be such a fool, for I will only be telling the truth. But I will refrain from it, for I do not want anyone to be influenced by the wonderful character of these revelations to think more of me than is justified by my words or conduct.

But I ask again, did Israel fail to understand? Why, to begin with, Moses said, "I will make you jealous of what is no nation at all, I will exasperate you at a senseless nation."