Bible Verses about “fools”
The Bible contains 21 verses about fools across both Old and New Testaments. These scriptures offer guidance and inspiration for your spiritual journey.
“But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.”
“A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.”
“Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.”
“The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.”
“A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.”
“The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.”
“For we were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.”
“The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt. They have done abominable works. There is none who does good.”
“Don't be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.”
“A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.”
“A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.”
“Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips.”
“Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.”
“The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.”
“The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.”
“Yahweh looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who did understand, who did seek after God.”
“If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.”
“It is a fool's pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding's pleasure.”
“They have all gone aside. They have together become corrupt. There is none who does good, no, not one.”
“Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread, and don't call on Yahweh?”
“Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.”