64 Bible Verses about Fools, Characteristics Of

we are fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we are ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

for see your calling, brethren, that not many are wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong; and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless -- read more.
that no flesh may glory before Him; and of Him ye -- ye are in Christ Jesus, who became to us from God wisdom, righteousness also, and sanctification, and redemption, that, according as it hath been written, 'He who is glorying -- in the Lord let him glory.'

for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us -- those being saved -- it is the power of God,

where is the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world? for, seeing in the wisdom of God the world through the wisdom knew not God, it did please God through the foolishness of the preaching to save those believing. Since also Jews ask a sign, and Greeks seek wisdom,read more.
also we -- we preach Christ crucified, to Jews, indeed, a stumbling-block, and to Greeks foolishness, and to those called -- both Jews and Greeks -- Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God, because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men;

To the Overseer. -- 'On a disease.' -- An instruction, by David. A fool said in his heart, 'There is no God.' They have done corruptly, Yea, they have done abominable iniquity, There is none doing good.

To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

because, having known God they did not glorify Him as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,

And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on -- to Asshur they have gone.

And at that time hath Hanani the seer come in unto Asa king of Judah, and saith unto him, 'Because of thy leaning on the king of Aram, and thou hast not leaned on Jehovah thy God, therefore hath the force of the king of Aram escaped from thy hand. Did not the Cushim and the Lubim become a very great force for multitude, for chariot, and for horsemen? and in thy leaning on Jehovah He gave them into thy hand, for Jehovah -- His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong for a people whose heart is perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because -- henceforth there are with thee wars.'

Only, fools are the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh hath become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, 'A son of the wise am I, a son of kings of antiquity?' Where are they now, thy wise ones? Yea, let them tell to thee, I pray thee, And they know what Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled against Egypt! Foolish have been princes of Zoan, Lifted up have been princes of Noph, And they have caused Egypt to err, The chief of her tribes.

Woe to apostate sons, The affirmation of Jehovah! To do counsel, and not from Me, And to spread out a covering, and not of My spirit, So as to add sin to sin.

For my people are foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons are they, yea, they are not intelligent, Wise are they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

And I -- I said, 'Surely these are poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.

A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --

And he said unto them, 'O inconsiderate and slow in heart, to believe on all that the prophets spake!

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil; because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what is the will of the Lord,

And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities is the tree itself.

Brutish is every man by knowledge, Put to shame is every refiner by a graven image, For false is his molten image. And there is no breath in them.

Brutish hath been every man by knowledge, Put to shame hath been every refiner by a graven image, For false is his molten image, And there is no breath in them.

professing to be wise, they were made fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of fowls, and of quadrupeds, and of reptiles.

For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.

Thy people, O Jehovah, they bruise, And Thine inheritance they afflict. Widow and sojourner they slay, And fatherless ones they murder. And they say, 'Jehovah doth not see, And the God of Jacob doth not consider.'read more.
Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

To execute inventions is as play to a fool, And wisdom to a man of understanding.

A partridge hatching, and not bringing forth, Is one making wealth, and not by right, In the midst of his days he doth forsake it, And in his latter end -- he is a fool.

A fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.

And Samuel saith unto Saul, 'Thou hast been foolish; thou hast not kept the command of Jehovah thy God, which He commanded thee, for now had Jehovah established thy kingdom over Israel unto the age;

And the heart of David smiteth him, after that he hath numbered the people, and David saith unto Jehovah, 'I have sinned greatly in that which I have done, and now, O Jehovah, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.'

and David saith unto God, 'I have sinned exceedingly, in that I have done this thing; and now, cause to pass away, I pray Thee, the iniquity of Thy servant, for I have acted very foolishly.'

Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?

Then they call me, and I do not answer, They seek me earnestly, and find me not. Because that they have hated knowledge, And the fear of Jehovah have not chosen. They have not consented to my counsel, They have despised all my reproof,read more.
And they eat of the fruit of their way, And from their own counsels they are filled. For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them. And whoso is hearkening to me dwelleth confidently, And is quiet from fear of evil!'

He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.

I have spread out My hands all the day Unto an apostate people, Who are going in the way not good after their own thoughts.

And they have said, It is incurable, For after our own devices we do go, And each the stubbornness of his evil heart we do.

but the house of Israel are not willing to hearken unto thee, for they are not willing to hearken unto Me, for all the house of Israel are brazen-faced and strong-hearted.

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth. The mouth of a fool is ruin to him, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, -- the things not fit -- but rather thanksgiving;

Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

having forsaken a right way, they did go astray, having followed in the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who a reward of unrighteousness did love,

Fools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright -- a pleasing thing.

A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent is easy.

In the ears of a fool speak not, For he treadeth on the wisdom of thy words.

The thought of folly is sin, And an abomination to man is a scorner.

An honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.

Better is the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse in his lips, who is a fool.

nor to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, that cause questions rather than the building up of God that is in faith: --

he is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and word-striving, out of which doth come envy, strife, evil-speakings, evil-surmisings,

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from -- for they are unprofitable and vain.

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

Go from before a foolish man, Or thou hast not known the lips of knowledge.

Weak have been the two legs of the lame, And a parable in the mouth of fools.

There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.

Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

And the Lord said unto him, 'Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness; unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?

professing to be wise, they were made fools,

The wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

A provocation to his father is a foolish son, And bitterness to her that bare him.

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