57 Bible Verses about Fools

But they shall not prevail, for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as that of those also was.

For out of much preoccupation comes the dream, and the voice of the fool out of a multitude of words.

The sane man conceals his wisdom: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

The tongue of the wise shall adorn wisdom, but the mouth of fools shall speak foolishness.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but in that which his own heart discovers.

And ye are witnesses of these things.

And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those that persuade him.

and he was seen many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who until now are his witnesses unto the people.

For we have not made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, following cunningly devised fables, but as eyewitnesses of his majesty.

even as those who were eyewitnesses from the beginning taught us and thus were ministers of the word,

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast stored up?

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

And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools

The fools, because of the way of their rebellion, and because of their iniquities, were afflicted.

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

The great God that formed all things rewards both the fool and transgressors.

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

He that trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whosoever walks in wisdom, he shall be saved.

The foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her that bore him.

A foolish son is a pain unto his father, and the contentions of a wife are a continual dripping.

Though thou should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

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

The wise in heart will receive the commandments, but he who speaks foolishness shall fall.

Wise men keep knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near unto calamity.

But they shall become altogether carnal and foolish. The stock is a doctrine of vanities.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man and of birds and of fourfooted beasts and of serpents.

As the partridge that steals that which she did not hatch, is he that gets riches and not with righteousness; in the midst of his days he shall leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.

And every one that hears these words of mine and does not do them shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;

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

As he that binds the stone in the sling, so is he that gives honour to a fool.

The way of the fool is right in his own eyes, but he that hears counsel is wise.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools

The fool despises his father's chastening, but he that regards reproof shall become prudent.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and chastening.

Go from the presence of the foolish man when thou dost not perceive in him the lips of knowledge.

Forsake that which is foolish and live and go 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 no one that does good.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves and have done abominable iniquity; there is no one that does good.

The fool multiplies words and says, Man cannot tell what shall be, and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

The wise man has his eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness: And I myself also understood that one event happens to the one and to the other.

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

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

Watch thy feet when thou goest to the house of God and draw near with more willingness to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know how to do what God wants.

When thou dost vow a vow unto God, do not defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools; pay that which thou hast vowed.

And five of them were prudent, and five were foolish. Those that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil with them; but the prudent 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 ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the prudent, Give us of your oil, for our lamps are going out. But the prudent answered, saying, Lest there be not enough for us and you, but go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and those that were ready went in with him to the marriage, and the door was shut. Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

He that hides hatred has lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.

The wise man fears and departs from evil, but the fool rages and is confident.

He that hides hatred has lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.

He that hides hatred has lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool.

To make an abomination is as sport to the fool, but wisdom is recreation to the man of intelligence.

He that trusts in his own heart is a fool, but whosoever walks in wisdom, he shall be saved.

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

He that walks with wise men shall be wise, but the companion of fools shall be destroyed.

The fool despises his father's chastening, but he that regards reproof shall become prudent.

Fools speak sin unto themselves, but among the righteous there is love.

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling.

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

For my people are foolish; the ignorant sons with no understanding have not known me; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

It is an honour for a man to cease from strife, but every fool will be meddling.

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

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

The tongue of the wise shall adorn wisdom, but the mouth of fools shall speak foolishness.

A fool has no delight in understanding, but in that which his own heart discovers.

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

Fools speak sin unto themselves, but among the righteous there is love.

How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and the 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 consulted with the young men that were grown up with him and who stood before him.

And every one that hears these words of mine and does not do them shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand;

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

Remember this, that the enemy has spoken against the LORD and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

Arise, O God, plead thine own cause; remember how the foolish man reproaches thee daily.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves and have done abominable iniquity; there is no one that does good.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is no one that does good.

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee; then whose shall those things be which thou hast stored up?

For we ourselves also were foolish in another time, rebellious, deceived, serving diverse lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

The foolish (those who are governed by carnal thoughts or desires) shall not stand in thy sight; thou dost hate all workers of iniquity.

The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They have corrupted themselves and have done abominable iniquity; there is no one that does good.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and chastening.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools