Bible Verses about 'Fool'

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• Whoever hides hatred has lying lips,
  And whoever spreads slander is a fool.
  Proverbs 10:18 speaking gossip lying
• Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool,
  Much less lying lips to a prince.
  Proverbs 17:7 wisdom lying speaking
• The wise in heart will receive commands,
  But a prating fool will fall.
  Proverbs 10:8 law wisdom heart
• A fool despises his father’s instruction,
  But he who receives correction is prudent.
  Proverbs 15:5 Father wisdom children
• It is honorable for a man to stop striving,
  Since any fool can start a quarrel.
  Proverbs 20:3 speaking peace anger
• A fool vents all his feelings,
  But a wise man holds them back.
  Proverbs 29:11 anger wisdom self-control
• A fool has no delight in understanding,
  But in expressing his own heart.
  Proverbs 18:2 speaking wisdom selfishness
• A fool’s lips enter into contention,
  And his mouth calls for blows.
  Proverbs 18:6 speaking wisdom
• Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace;
  When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.
  Proverbs 17:28 speaking wisdom mind
• The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious,
  But the lips of a fool shall swallow him up.
  Ecclesiastes 10:12 speaking wisdom
• A fool’s wrath is known at once,
  But a prudent man covers shame.
  Proverbs 12:16 anger self-control wisdom
• Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you seems to be wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.
  1 Corinthians 3:18 wisdom world selfishness
• A highway shall be there, and a road,
  And it shall be called the Highway of Holiness.
  The unclean shall not pass over it,
  But it shall be for others.
  Whoever walks the road, although a fool,
  Shall not go astray.
  Isaiah 35:8 holiness
• A wise son makes a glad father,
  But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
  Proverbs 10:1 joy family wisdom
• 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.
  1 Corinthians 1:18 salvation strength crucifixion
• The tongue of the righteous is choice silver;
  The heart of the wicked is worth little.
  Proverbs 10:20 valuable righteousness speaking
• He who walks with wise men will be wise,
  But the companion of fools will be destroyed.
  Proverbs 13:20 wisdom punishment
• The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge,
  But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
  Proverbs 1:7 awe wisdom learning
• But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition.
  1 Timothy 6:9 money greed materialism
• When you make a vow to God, do not delay to pay it;
  For He has no pleasure in fools.
  Pay what you have vowed.
  Ecclesiastes 5:4 promises reliability obedience
• See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
  Ephesians 5:15-16 wisdom life mind
• And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”
  Mark 7:20-23 sin purification temptation
• Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God.
  1 Corinthians 6:9-10 sin salvation kingdom