20 Bible Verses about 'Fool'

• The wise of heart will receive commandments,
  but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
  Proverbs 10:8lawwisdomheart
• Fine speech is not becoming to a fool;
  still less is false speech to a prince.
  Proverbs 17:7wisdomlyingspeaking
• The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
  and whoever utters slander is a fool.
  Proverbs 10:18speakinggossiplying
• A fool despises his father's instruction,
  but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
  Proverbs 15:5Fatherwisdomchildren
• It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife,
  but every fool will be quarreling.
  Proverbs 20:3speakingpeaceanger
• A fool gives full vent to his spirit,
  but a wise man quietly holds it back.
  Proverbs 29:11angerwisdomself-control
• A fool's lips walk into a fight,
  and his mouth invites a beating.
  Proverbs 18:6speakingwisdom
• A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
  but only in expressing his opinion.
  Proverbs 18:2speakingwisdomselfishness
• The vexation of a fool is known at once,
  but the prudent ignores an insult.
  Proverbs 12:16angerself-controlwisdom
• The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor,
  but the lips of a fool consume him.
  Ecclesiastes 10:12speakingwisdom
• Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
  when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
  Proverbs 17:28speakingwisdommind
• Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
  1 Corinthians 3:18wisdomworldselfishness
• A wise son makes a glad father,
  but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
  Proverbs 10:1joyfamilywisdom
• Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
  but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
  Proverbs 13:20wisdompunishment
• The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
  fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  Proverbs 1:7awewisdomlearning
• For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
  1 Corinthians 1:18salvationstrengthcrucifixion
• And a highway shall be there,
  and it shall be called the Way of Holiness;
  the unclean shall not pass over it.
  It shall belong to those who walk on the way;
  even if they are fools, they shall not go astray.
  Isaiah 35:8holiness
• And he said, “What comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”
  Mark 7:20-23sinpurificationtemptation
• But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
  1 Timothy 6:9moneygreedmaterialism
• Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.
  Ephesians 5:15-16wisdomlifemind