What Does the Bible Say About About Calling Someone A Fool?

Psalm 14:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.

Matthew 5:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Revelation 17:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to rise from the bottomless pit and go to destruction. And the dwellers on earth whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel to see the beast, because it was and is not and is to come.

Revelation 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And all who dwell on earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

1 John 4:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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.

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ...

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 20:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

John 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Luke 12:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

Matthew 25:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ...

Matthew 23:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred?

Matthew 7:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

Isaiah 32:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The fool will no more be called noble, nor the scoundrel said to be honorable.

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the Lord has spoken: “Children have I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me. The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master's crib, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand.” Ah, sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, children who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised the Holy One of Israel, they are utterly estranged. Why will you still be struck down? Why will you continue to rebel? The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. ...

Proverbs 10:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Psalm 111:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

Psalm 5:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.

Exodus 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I am has sent me to you.’”

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

28 Bible Verses about About Calling Someone A Fool

Psalm 14:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 5:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 17:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 20:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 23:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 32:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 111:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 5:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes

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28 Bible Verses about About Calling Someone A Fool

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Psalm 14:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Matthew 5:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:26 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Revelation 17:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Revelation 13:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 John 4:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 2:8 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 8:1-39 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 6:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 20:28 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

John 1:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Luke 12:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 25:1-13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 23:17 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Matthew 7:26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 32:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Isaiah 1:1-31 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Proverbs 10:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 111:10 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Psalm 5:5 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Exodus 3:14 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Genesis 1:27 ESV / 2 helpful votes