56 Bible Verses about Fools

But they will not advance in much more, for their folly will be evident to all men, as also that of those men came to be.

For a dream comes with a multitude of business, and a fool's voice with a multitude of words.

A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.

And ye are witnesses of these things.

And we are his witnesses of these things, and also the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him.

who was seen for more days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are witnesses of him to the people.

For we revealed to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, not men who followed in cunningly devised myths, but men who became eyewitnesses of the majesty of that man.

just as they delivered them to us, who became from the beginning eyewitnesses and servants of the word,

But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?

Therefore watch carefully how ye walk, not as unwise but as wise,

And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your interior is full of plundering and wickedness. Ye foolish men, did not he who made the outside also make the inside?

Professing to be wise, they became foolish,

Fools are afflicted because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities.

Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the back of fools.

[As] an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool, and he who hires those who pass by.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks wisely, he shall be delivered.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

Though thou should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

As a dog who returns to his vomit, [is] a fool who repeats his folly.

The wise in heart will receive commandments, but a prating fool shall fall.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a foolish man is a present destruction.

But they are together brutish and foolish, the instruction of idols! It is but a block of wood.

Professing to be wise, they became foolish, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image like corruptible man, and of birds, and four-footed things, and creeping things.

As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right. In the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.

And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool.

As he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise hearkens to counsel.

Professing to be wise, they became foolish,

A fool despises his father's correction, but he who regards reproof gets prudence.

The fear of LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

Go into the presence of a foolish man, and thou shall not perceive the lips of knowledge.

Forsake ye simpleness, and live, and walk in the way of understanding.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

A fool also multiplies words; [yet] man knows not what shall be, and that which shall be after him, who can tell him?

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness. And yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Keep thy foot when thou go to the house of God, for to draw near to hear is better than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they know not that they do evil.

When thou vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which thou vow.

And five of them were wise, and five were foolish, foolish women, who, having taken their lamps, took no olive oil with them. But the wise took olive oil in their vessels with their lamps. read more.
Now while the bridegroom delayed, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight a shout occurred, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go ye forth for his gathering. Then all those virgins were roused, and put their lamps in order. And the foolish said to the wise, Give us from your olive oil, because our lamps are going out. But the wise answered, saying, Perhaps there may not be enough for us and you. But go ye rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And the prepared entered in with him for the wedding festivities, and the door was shut. But afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But having answered, he said, Truly I say to you, I know you not.

He who hides hatred is of lying lips. And he who utters a slander is a fool.

A wise man fears, and departs from evil, but the fool bears himself insolently, and is confident.

He who hides hatred is of lying lips. And he who utters a slander is a fool.

He who hides hatred is of lying lips. And he who utters a slander is a fool.

It is as sport to a fool to do mischief, and [so is] wisdom to a man of understanding.

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks wisely, he shall be delivered.

The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul, but it is an abomination to fools to depart from evil.

Walk with wise men, and thou shall be wise. But the companion of fools shall smart for it.

A fool despises his father's correction, but he who regards reproof gets prudence.

Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for stripes.

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.

The wisdom of a prudent man is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for stripes.

The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out folly.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.

A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is good will.

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?

The wise shall inherit glory, but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and took counsel with the young men that grew up with him, who stood before him.

And every man who hears these sayings of mine, and does not do them, will be compared to a foolish man who built his house upon the sand.

O ye simple, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.

Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that a foolish people has blasphemed thy name.

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause. Remember how the foolish man reproaches thee all the day.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none that does good.

But God said to him, Thou foolish man, they demand thy soul from thee this night, and the things that thou prepared, whose will they be?

For we also were formerly foolish, disobedient, being led astray, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in evil and envy, hateful, hating each other.

The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight. Thou hate all workers of iniquity.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

The fear of LORD is the beginning of knowledge. The foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

Professing to be wise, they became foolish,