56 Bible Verses about Fools

But they will go no farther: for their foolish behaviour will be clear to all men, as theirs was in the end.

As a dream comes from much business, so the voice of a foolish man comes with words in great number.

A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

You are witnesses of these things.

And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.

And for a number of days he was seen by those who came with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses before the people.

For when we gave you news of the power and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, our teaching was not based on stories put together by art, but we were eye-witnesses of his glory.

As they were handed down to us by those who saw them from the first and were preachers of the word,

But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;

And the Lord said to him, You Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the plate clean; but inside you are thieves and full of evil. O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?

Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;

Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.

Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish, And by them the glory of the eternal God was changed and made into the image of man who is not eternal, and of birds and beasts and things which go on the earth.

Like the partridge, getting eggs together but not producing young, is a man who gets wealth but not by right; before half his days are ended, it will go from him, and at his end he will be foolish.

And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;

Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

The foolish are full of words; man has no knowledge of what will be; and who is able to say what will be after him?

The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the foolish man goes walking in the dark; but still I saw that the same event comes to them all.

Be not quick to let your spirit be angry; because wrath is in the heart of the foolish.

The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.

Put your feet down with care when you go to the house of God, for it is better to give ear than to make the burned offerings of the foolish, whose knowledge is only of doing evil.

When you take an oath before God, put it quickly into effect, because he has no pleasure in the foolish; keep the oath you have taken.

And five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For the foolish, when they took their lights, took no oil with them. But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lights. read more.
Now the husband was a long time in coming, and they all went to sleep. But in the middle of the night there is a cry, The husband comes! Go out to him. Then all those virgins got up, and made ready their lights. And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lights are going out. But the wise made answer, saying, There may not be enough for us and you; it would be better for you to go to the traders and get oil for yourselves. And while they went to get oil, the master came; and those who were ready went in with him to the feast: and the door was shut. After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in. But he made answer and said, Truly I say to you, I have no knowledge of you.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

He whose faith is in himself is foolish; but everyone walking wisely will be kept safe.

To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.

Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.

It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace.

How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

But he gave no attention to the opinion of the old men, and went to the young men of his generation who were waiting before him:

And everyone to whom my words come and who does them not, will be like a foolish man who made his house on sand;

Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

Keep this in mind, O Lord, that your haters have said cruel things, and that your name has been looked down on by a people of evil behaviour.

Up! O God, be the judge of your cause; keep in mind the bitter things which the man of evil behaviour says against you every day.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?

For in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,