57 Bible Verses about Fools

But they shall proceed no further. For their foolishness shall be plain to all, as theirs also became.

For a dream comes through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice by the multitude of words.

A wise man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools cries out foolishness.

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

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

And you are witnesses of these things.

And we are His witnesses of these things. And so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him.

who appeared for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.

For not having followed fables having been cunningly devised, but becoming eyewitnesses of the majesty of Jesus Christ, we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord.

even as those who from the beginning delivered to us, becoming eye-witnesses and ministers of the Word,

But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?

See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

And the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees make the outside of the cup and the platter clean, but your inward part is full of plunder and wickedness. Fools! Did not He who made the outside also make the inside?

Professing to be wise, they became fools

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

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

Great is the Former of all, but he who hires a fool is like one who hires one passing by.

Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool; but whoever 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 ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a wife is a never-ending dripping.

Though you should pound a fool in a bowl with a bar in the midst of wheat, his foolishness will not depart from him.

As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool returns to his folly.

The wise in heart will receive commandments; but a babbling fool shall fall.

Wise ones store up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

But they are all at once foolish and animal-like; the tree is an example of vanities.

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

The quail sits on eggs and does not hatch them; in the same way he who gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and in his end he shall be a fool.

And everyone who hears these sayings of Mine and does not do them shall be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not becoming 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 listens to advice is wise.

Professing to be wise, they became fools

A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who listens to correction is wise.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Go from before a foolish man when you do not see in him the lips of knowledge.

Forsake the foolish and live; and go in the way of understanding.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They acted corruptly; they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.

To the Chief Musician on Mahalath. A contemplation. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They acted corruptly, and have worked out abominable wickedness; there is not one doing good.

A fool also makes many words; a man knows not what they shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness; and I also knew that one event happens to all of them.

Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh.

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they do not know that they are doing evil.

When you vow a vow to God, do not wait to pay it. For He has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you have vowed.

And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. The foolish ones took their lamps, but took no oil with them. But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. read more.
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes! Go out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps have gone out. But the wise answered, saying, No, lest there be not enough for us and you. But rather go to those who sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came. And they who were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. Afterwards the other virgins came also, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Truly I say to you, I do not know you.

He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who speaks a slander, is a fool.

A wise one fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is sure.

He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who speaks a slander, is a fool.

He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who speaks a slander, is a fool.

To work out evil devices is as laughter to a fool; so wisdom is to a man of understanding.

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

The desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but it is hateful to fools to turn from evil.

He who walks with the wise shall be wise, but a companion with fools shall be destroyed.

A fool despises his father's instruction, but he who listens to correction is wise.

Fools laugh at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool exposes himself.

A fool's lips enter into argument, and his mouth calls for strokes.

For My people are foolish; they have not known Me; they are stupid sons, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

It is an honor for a man to cease from strife, but every fool exposes himself.

The wisdom of the wise is to understand his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

A fool's lips enter into argument, and his mouth calls for strokes.

The tongue of the wise uses knowledge rightly, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

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

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

Fools laugh at sin, but among the righteous there is favor.

How long will you love simplicity, simple ones? And will scorners delight in their scorning? And will fools hate knowledge?

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

But he left the counsel of the old men which they had advised him, and talked with the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.

And everyone who hears these sayings of Mine and does not do them shall be compared to a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

O simple ones, understand wisdom; and, fools, be of an understanding heart.

Remember this, the enemy has cursed, O Jehovah, and the foolish people have blasphemed Your name.

Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; remember how the foolish man curses You daily.

To the Chief Musician on Mahalath. A contemplation. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They acted corruptly, and have worked out abominable wickedness; there is not one doing good.

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God! They acted corruptly; they have done abominable works, there is none who does good.

But God said to him, Fool! This night your soul shall be required of you, then whose shall be those things which you have prepared?

For we ourselves also were once foolish, disobedient, deceived, slaving for various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another.

The foolish shall not stand in Your sight. You hate all doers of iniquity.

To the Chief Musician on Mahalath. A contemplation. A Psalm of David. The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They acted corruptly, and have worked out abominable wickedness; there is not one doing good.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Professing to be wise, they became fools