Top 22 Bible Verses About Fools

Update on by Pastor Jack Wellman

Studying and following scripture keeps people from being foolish, but sadly fools reject the Word of God. The Bible has a lot to say about foolish actions and foolish people.  Here are our top 22 Bible verses about fools!

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Like a thorn that goes up into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
- Proverbs 26:9
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Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
- Romans 1:22
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A sword against the diviners, that they may become fools! A sword against her warriors, that they may be destroyed!
- Jeremiah 50:36
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Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
- Psalm 107:17
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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools.
- Proverbs 26:3
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A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.
- Proverbs 12:23
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The princes of Zoan have become fools, and the princes of Memphis are deluded; those who are the cornerstones of her tribes have made Egypt stagger.
- Isaiah 19:13
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He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.
- Job 12:17
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You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?
- Matthew 23:17
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You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?
- Luke 11:40
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We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.
- 1 Corinthians 4:10
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Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools.
- Proverbs 26:7
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Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.
- Proverbs 14:9
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For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fools; this also is vanity.
- Ecclesiastes 7:6
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Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
- Ecclesiastes 5:1
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The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.
- Proverbs 15:7
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Wisdom rests in the heart of a man of understanding, but it makes itself known even in the midst of fools.
- Proverbs 14:33
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who frustrates the signs of liars and makes fools of diviners, who turns wise men back and makes their knowledge foolish,
- Isaiah 44:25
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For you gladly bear with fools, being wise yourselves!
- 2 Corinthians 11:19
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Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
- Proverbs 13:20
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The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
- Proverbs 15:2
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Proverbs 1:7
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Total Quotes Found: 22

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