Character & Virtues
Bible Verses About fools
16 key scriptures
What does the Bible say about fools? Browse 16 carefully selected verses that illuminate this biblical theme.
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| Translation | Key Verse: Proverbs 18:2 |
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| King James (KJV) | “A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.” |
16 Key Scriptures
“A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.”
“A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.”
“The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. the beginning: or, the principal part”
Proverbs 1:7KJV
“Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.”
“If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.”
“A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.”
“Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.”
“A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.”
“But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. Raca: that is, Vain fellow”
Matthew 5:22KJV
“To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.”
Psalms 14:1KJV
“The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.”
“Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.”
“It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.”
“For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.”
Titus 3:3KJV
“The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.”
“And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:”
Matthew 7:26KJV
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