Concordance

“Fool” in the Bible

186 verses contain “fool” (including word forms) in the Berean Standard Bible — the first 150 are listed below.

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Genesis 31:28 But you did not even let me kiss my grandchildren and my daughters goodbye. Now you have done a foolish thing.
Numbers 22:29 Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”
Deuteronomy 32:6 Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
1 Samuel 25:25 …coundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you…
1 Samuel 26:21 …se today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave…
2 Samuel 3:33 And the king sang this lament for Abner: “Should Abner die the death of a fool?
2 Samuel 13:13 Where could I ever take my shame? And you would be like one of the fools in Israel! Please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”
Job 2:10 “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
Job 5:2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
Job 5:3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
Job 12:17 He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
Job 35:15 and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!
Job 42:8 …l accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job…
Psalms 14:1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good.
Psalms 38:5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
Psalms 39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions; do not make me the reproach of fools.
Psalms 49:10 For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
Psalms 53:1 The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt; their ways are vile. There is no one who does good.
Psalms 69:5 You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
Psalms 74:18 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name.
Psalms 74:22 Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
Psalms 85:8 I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
Psalms 92:6 A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
Psalms 94:8 Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?
Psalms 107:17 Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 1:22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
Proverbs 1:32 For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
Proverbs 3:35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
Proverbs 5:23 He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
Proverbs 8:5 O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
Proverbs 9:6 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.”
Proverbs 9:13 The woman named Folly is loud; she is naive and knows nothing.
Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
Proverbs 10:8 A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
Proverbs 10:10 He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
Proverbs 10:14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
Proverbs 10:18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
Proverbs 10:23 The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
Proverbs 11:29 He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
Proverbs 12:16 A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
Proverbs 12:23 A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
Proverbs 13:16 Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
Proverbs 13:19 Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
Proverbs 13:20 He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 14:3 The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
Proverbs 14:7 Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
Proverbs 14:9 Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
Proverbs 14:16 A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
Proverbs 14:18 The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Proverbs 14:24 The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.
Proverbs 14:29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
Proverbs 14:33 Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known.
Proverbs 15:2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
Proverbs 15:5 A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
Proverbs 15:7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
Proverbs 15:14 A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
Proverbs 15:20 A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 15:21 Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
Proverbs 16:22 Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
Proverbs 17:7 Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
Proverbs 17:10 A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
Proverbs 17:12 It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:16 Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
Proverbs 17:21 A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
Proverbs 17:24 Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Proverbs 17:28 Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
Proverbs 18:6 A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
Proverbs 18:7 A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Proverbs 18:13 He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.
Proverbs 19:1 Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
Proverbs 19:3 A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
Proverbs 19:10 Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 19:29 Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
Proverbs 20:3 It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
Proverbs 21:20 Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
Proverbs 23:9 Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Proverbs 24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
Proverbs 24:9 A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
Proverbs 26:1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
Proverbs 26:3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
Proverbs 26:4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
Proverbs 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:6 Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
Proverbs 26:7 Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Proverbs 26:8 Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
Proverbs 26:9 Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
Proverbs 26:10 Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
Proverbs 26:11 As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
Proverbs 26:12 Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 27:3 A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
Proverbs 27:22 Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
Proverbs 28:26 He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
Proverbs 29:9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
Proverbs 29:11 A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
Proverbs 29:20 Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 30:22 a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
Ecclesiastes 1:17 So I set my mind to know wisdom and madness and folly; I learned that this, too, is a pursuit of the wind.
Ecclesiastes 2:2 I said of laughter, “It is folly,” and of pleasure, “What does it accomplish?”
Ecclesiastes 2:3 I sought to cheer my body with wine and to embrace folly—my mind still guiding me with wisdom—until I could see what was worthwhile for men to do under heaven during the…
Ecclesiastes 2:12 Then I turned to consider wisdom and madness and folly; for what more can the king’s successor do than what has already been accomplished?
Ecclesiastes 2:13 And I saw that wisdom exceeds folly, just as light exceeds darkness:
Ecclesiastes 2:14 The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
Ecclesiastes 2:15 So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
Ecclesiastes 2:16 …ere is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the…
Ecclesiastes 2:19 And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
Ecclesiastes 4:13 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
Ecclesiastes 5:1 Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
Ecclesiastes 5:3 As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
Ecclesiastes 5:4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
Ecclesiastes 6:8 What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
Ecclesiastes 7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
Ecclesiastes 7:5 It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:6 For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
Ecclesiastes 7:7 Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
Ecclesiastes 7:17 Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
Ecclesiastes 7:25 I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
Ecclesiastes 9:17 The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
Ecclesiastes 10:1 As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
Ecclesiastes 10:3 Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.
Ecclesiastes 10:6 Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
Ecclesiastes 10:13 The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
Ecclesiastes 10:14 Yet the fool multiplies words. No one knows what is coming, and who can tell him what will come after him?
Ecclesiastes 10:15 The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
Isaiah 9:17 …y one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still…
Isaiah 19:11 The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
Isaiah 19:13 The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
Isaiah 32:5 No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
Isaiah 32:6 For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty…
Isaiah 35:8 And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
Isaiah 44:25 who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense,
Jeremiah 4:22 “For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
Jeremiah 5:4 Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.
Jeremiah 5:21 “Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear.
Jeremiah 10:8 But they are altogether senseless and foolish, instructed by worthless idols made of wood!
Jeremiah 17:11 …s his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the…
Jeremiah 50:36 A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror.
Ezekiel 13:3 This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, yet have seen nothing.
Hosea 9:7 …n have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and…

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