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94 Bible Verses about Calling People Fools

Matthew 5:22 ESV / 292 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.

Psalm 14:1 ESV / 209 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.

Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 136 helpful votes

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

Matthew 23:17 ESV / 127 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 126 helpful votes

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 125 helpful votes

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 100 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Luke 12:20 ESV / 88 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?’

Proverbs 10:18 ESV / 77 helpful votes

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

Matthew 23:19 ESV / 72 helpful votes

You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

Psalm 53:1 ESV / 65 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.

1 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 61 helpful votes

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 1:25 ESV / 57 helpful votes

For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Proverbs 28:26 ESV / 56 helpful votes

Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Psalm 74:18 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name.

1 Corinthians 1:27 ESV / 40 helpful votes

But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;

Matthew 7:26 ESV / 40 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.

1 Corinthians 4:10 ESV / 28 helpful votes

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.

Proverbs 26:11 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.

1 Corinthians 15:36 ESV / 24 helpful votes

You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

Luke 24:25 ESV / 24 helpful votes

And he said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

Ecclesiastes 10:3 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

James 3:1 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.

Luke 11:40 ESV / 20 helpful votes

You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?

Proverbs 17:28 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

Proverbs 14:9 ESV / 20 helpful votes

Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 18 helpful votes

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

James 2:20 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?

Proverbs 15:5 ESV / 16 helpful votes

A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 14:3 ESV / 16 helpful votes

By the mouth of a fool comes a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will preserve them.

Psalm 94:8 ESV / 16 helpful votes

Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?

Proverbs 14:16 ESV / 15 helpful votes

One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.

Titus 3:3 ESV / 12 helpful votes

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

1 Corinthians 3:18-19 ESV / 12 helpful votes

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 wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”

1 Corinthians 2:14 ESV / 12 helpful votes

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.

Psalm 92:6 ESV / 12 helpful votes

The stupid man cannot know; the fool cannot understand this:

Proverbs 18:6 ESV / 10 helpful votes

A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.

James 3:5-6 ESV / 8 helpful votes

So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

Ephesians 5:15-16 ESV / 8 helpful votes

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.

1 Corinthians 3:18-20 ESV / 8 helpful votes

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 wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.”

Matthew 23:17-19 ESV / 8 helpful votes

You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold or the temple that has made the gold sacred? And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gift that is on the altar, he is bound by his oath.’ You blind men! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness. A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?

Proverbs 10:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.

Proverbs 10:8 ESV / 8 helpful votes

The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Revelation 1:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

Revelation 13:1-18 ESV / 6 helpful votes

And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. And the beast that I saw was like a leopard; its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. And to it the dragon gave his power and his throne and great authority. One of its heads seemed to have a mortal wound, but its mortal wound was healed, and the whole earth marveled as they followed the beast. And they worshiped the dragon, for he had given his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying, “Who is like the beast, and who can fight against it?” And the beast was given a mouth uttering haughty and blasphemous words, and it was allowed to exercise authority for forty-two months. ...

Matthew 5:21 ESV / 6 helpful votes

“You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’

Isaiah 5:11 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Woe to those who rise early in the morning, that they may run after strong drink, who tarry late into the evening as wine inflames them!

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 6 helpful votes

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 6 helpful votes

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Revelation 17:8 ESV / 5 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 / 5 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.

James 3:1-12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness. For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body. If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! ...

1 Corinthians 6:9-10 ESV / 5 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.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 5 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 3:16 ESV / 5 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.

Proverbs 26:4 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.

Proverbs 15:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

Proverbs 12:23 ESV / 5 helpful votes

A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.

Exodus 3:14 ESV / 5 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.’”

James 3:3-6 ESV / 4 helpful votes

If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well. Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

Titus 3:2 ESV / 4 helpful votes

To speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.

Ephesians 5:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,

1 Corinthians 1:25-27 ESV / 4 helpful votes

For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;

John 1:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 26:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 24:9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind.

Proverbs 19:1 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.

Proverbs 18:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Proverbs 18:6-7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Proverbs 17:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 17:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince.

Proverbs 14:7-9 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge. The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving. Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.

Proverbs 14:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.

Proverbs 13:16 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.

Psalm 10:4 ESV / 4 helpful votes

In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Matthew 5:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying:

2 Timothy 4:2-4 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

1 Corinthians 14:33 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace. As in all the churches of the saints,

Acts 2:38 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Luke 1:37 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For nothing will be impossible with God.”

Mark 14:55 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.

Matthew 26:59 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,

Matthew 18:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into the hell of fire.

Matthew 5:23-24 ESV / 2 helpful votes

So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

Isaiah 9:6 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Proverbs 27:22 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

Proverbs 21:20 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.

Proverbs 20:3 ESV / 2 helpful votes

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

Proverbs 18:13 ESV / 2 helpful votes

If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.

Proverbs 15:21 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.

Proverbs 1:32 ESV / 2 helpful votes

For the simple are killed by their turning away, and the complacency of fools destroys them;

Deuteronomy 16:18 ESV / 2 helpful votes

“You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

Exodus 3:2 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.

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