82 Bible Verses about Fools
Want to know what the Bible says about Fools? Here are 82 Bible verses about Fools from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.
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Psalm 74:22 NIV
Rise up, O God, and defend your cause;
remember how fools mock you all day long.
remember how fools mock you all day long.
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Proverbs 14:9 NIV
Fools mock at making amends for sin,
but goodwill is found among the upright.
but goodwill is found among the upright.
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Proverbs 15:5 NIV
A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
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Ecclesiastes 2:14 NIV
The wise have eyes in their heads,
while the fool walks in the darkness;
but I came to realize
that the same fate overtakes them both.
while the fool walks in the darkness;
but I came to realize
that the same fate overtakes them both.
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Proverbs 13:19 NIV
A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,
but fools detest turning from evil.
but fools detest turning from evil.
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Ecclesiastes 5:1 NIV
Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Go near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
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Proverbs 14:16 NIV
The wise fear the Lord and shun evil,
but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure.
but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure.
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Proverbs 14:8 NIV
The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,
but the folly of fools is deception.
but the folly of fools is deception.
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Matthew 25:2-12 NIV
2 Five of them were foolish and five were wise. 3 The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take any oil with them. 4 The wise ones, however, took oil in jars along with their lamps. 5 The bridegroom was a long time in coming, and they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
6 “At midnight the cry rang out: ‘Here’s the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!’
7 “Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. 8 The foolish ones said to the wise, ‘Give us some of your oil; our lamps are going out.’
9 “‘No,’ they replied, ‘there may not be enough for both us and you. Instead, go to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.’
10 “But while they were on their way to buy the oil, the bridegroom arrived. The virgins who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet. And the door was shut.
11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’
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Ecclesiastes 10:14 NIV
and fools multiply words.
No one knows what is coming—
who can tell someone else what will happen after them?
who can tell someone else what will happen after them?
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