Bible Verses about 'Fool'
| Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool. | The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool. |
| Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool— how much worse lying lips to a ruler! | Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. |
| A fool spurns a parent’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence. | A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent. |
| The wise in heart accept commands, but a chattering fool comes to ruin. | The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin. |
| It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel. | It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling. |
| Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end. | A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back. |
| Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions. | A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion. |
| The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating. | A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. |
| Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult. | The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult. |
| Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues. | Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. |
| Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips. | The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. |
| Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become “fools” so that you may become wise. | 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. |
| For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. | 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. |
| A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son brings grief to his mother. | A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother. |
| And a highway will be there; it will be called the Way of Holiness; it will be for those who walk on that Way. The unclean will not journey on it; wicked fools will not go about on it. | 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. |
| Walk with the wise and become wise, for a companion of fools suffers harm. | Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm. |
| The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value. | The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth. |
| The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. | The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction. |
| Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. | 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. |
| When you make a vow to God, do not delay to fulfill it. He has no pleasure in fools; fulfill your vow. | When you vow a vow to God, do not delay paying it, for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay what you vow. |
| Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. | Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. |
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