57 Bible Verses about Fools

But they will not progress to a greater extent, for their folly will be quite evident to everyone, as also the [folly] of those [two] was.

For a dream comes with many cares, and the voice of a fool with many words.

A clever person conceals knowledge, but the heart of a fool announces folly.

The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge, but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.

A fool will not take pleasure in understanding, but in expressing his heart.

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 obey him."

who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem--who are now his witnesses to the people.

For we did not make known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ [by] following ingeniously concocted myths, but [by] being eyewitnesses of that one's majesty.

just as those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning passed on to us,

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

Therefore, consider carefully how you live, not as unwise but as wise,

But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inside is full of greediness and wickedness. Fools! Did not the one who made the outside make the inside also?

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

Fools, because of their rebellious way and their iniquities, were afflicted.

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

[Like] an archer who wounds everyone, so [is] he who hires a fool or he who hires passersby.

Do not be quick in your spirit to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.

A grief to his father [is] the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.

A foolish child is a ruin to his father, and the quarreling of a woman is a continuous dripping.

If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle {along with} the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him.

Like a dog returning to his vomit [is] a fool reverting to his folly.

A heart of wisdom will heed commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Those who are wise lay up knowledge, but [to] the mouth of the fool, ruin draws near.

{At the same time} they are stupid and foolish, [in the] instruction of idols, it [is] wood.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God with the likeness of an image of mortal human beings and birds and quadrupeds and reptiles.

[Like] a partridge that hatches eggs it did not lay [is] one who amasses wealth without justice. In the middle of his days it will leave him, and at his end he will [prove to] be a fool."

And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.

Like binding a stone in a sling, so [is] giving honor to a fool.

The way of a fool is upright in his [own] eyes, but he who listens to advice [is] wise.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

A fool will despise the instruction of his father, but he who guards reproof is prudent.

Fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction, fools despise.

Leave {the presence of a foolish man}, [for] you will not [come to] know {words of knowledge}.

Lay aside simplicity and live; walk in the way of understanding."

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

The fool {talks too much}, for no one knows what will be. Who can tell anyone what will happen {in the future}?

{The wise man can see where he is walking}, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that both of them suffer the same fate.

Do not be quick in your spirit to anger, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.

{The fool refuses to work with his hands, so he has nothing to eat except his own skin}!

Guard your steps when you go to the house of God; draw near to listen [rather] than to offer a sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.

When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, for {he takes no pleasure} in fools. Fulfill what you vow!

Now five of them were foolish and five [were] wise. For [when] the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take olive oil with them. But the wise ones took olive oil in flasks with their lamps. read more.
And [when] the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. But in the middle of the night there was a shout, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!' Then all those virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish ones said to the wise ones, 'Give us [some] of your olive oil, because our lamps are going out!' But the wise ones answered saying, "Certainly there will never be enough for us and for you! Go instead to those who sell [olive oil] and buy [some] for yourselves.' But [while] they had gone away to buy [it] the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding celebration, and the door was shut. And later the other virgins came also, saying, 'Lord, lord, open [the door] for us!' But he answered [and] said, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you!'

He who conceals hatred [has] lips of deceit, and he who utters slander--he is a fool.

The wise is cautious and turns from evil, but the fool throws off restraint and is confident.

He who conceals hatred [has] lips of deceit, and he who utters slander--he is a fool.

He who conceals hatred [has] lips of deceit, and he who utters slander--he is a fool.

[It is] like a sport for a fool to do wrong, wisdom for a person of understanding.

He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.

A desire {fulfilled} will be sweet to the soul, but an abomination of fools is turning from evil.

Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.

A fool will despise the instruction of his father, but he who guards reproof is prudent.

Fools mock [the] guilt offering, but among the upright, it is favorable.

[It is] honorable for the man to refrain from strife, but every fool will be quick to quarrel.

The lips of a fool will bring strife, and his mouth calls out for a flogging.

"For my people [are] foolish, they have not known me. They [are] foolish children, and they do not have insight. They [are] skillful at doing evil, and they do not know [how] to do good."

[It is] honorable for the man to refrain from strife, but every fool will be quick to quarrel.

The wisdom of the clever is understanding his ways, but the folly of fools is deceit.

The lips of a fool will bring strife, and his mouth calls out for a flogging.

The tongue of the wise will dispense knowledge, but the mouth of fools will pour out folly.

A fool will not take pleasure in understanding, but in expressing his heart.

The mouth of a fool [is] ruin to him, and his lips [are] a snare to his soul.

Fools mock [the] guilt offering, but among the upright, it is favorable.

"{How long}, O simple ones, will you love simplicity? And [how long] will scoffers delight in their scoffing, and fools hate knowledge?

They will inherit the honor of the wise, but stubborn fools, disgrace.

But he rejected the advice of the old men, which they gave him, and he consulted with the youngsters who had grown up with him, who were {serving} before him.

And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

Learn prudence, O simple ones; fools, learn {intelligence}.

O Yahweh, remember this: [the] enemy taunts, and foolish people treat your name with contempt.

Rise up, O God, plead your cause; remember the reproaching of you by [the] foolish {all day long}.

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They do abominable deeds. There is none who does good.

But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your life is demanded from you, and [the things] which you have prepared--whose will they be?'

For we also were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various desires and pleasures, spending our lives in wickedness and envy, despicable, hating one another.

The boastful do not stand before your eyes. You hate all evildoers.

[The] fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt and they have done abominable iniquity. There is none who does good.

Fear of Yahweh [is the] beginning of knowledge; wisdom and instruction, fools despise.

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,