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Bible Verses About Foolishness
Find Bible verses about foolishness — curated from 31,000+ verses with emotional and contextual scoring. What Scripture actually says.
What does the Bible say about foolishness?
The Bible addresses foolishness with deep compassion and clarity. From the Psalms to the words of Jesus, Scripture meets you in this exact feeling and offers comfort, strength, and direction. Here are the most powerful verses — each chosen because they speak directly to what you're going through.
Most Powerful Verses
Proverbs 19:3
“The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.”
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Ecclesiastes 10:13
“The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.”
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Proverbs 17:12
“Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.”
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1 Corinthians 1:25
“Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.”
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Matthew 7:26
“Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.”
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Proverbs 27:3
“A stone is heavy, and sand is a burden; but a fool's provocation is heavier than both.”
Proverbs 18:7
“A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.”
Proverbs 1:22
“"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?”
Proverbs 1:32
“For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.”
1 Corinthians 3:19
“For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."”
1 Corinthians 2:14
“Now the natural man doesn't receive the things of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can't know them, because they are spiritually discerned.”
Mark 7:22
“covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.”
Galatians 3:3
“Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now completed in the flesh?”
Psalms 106:20
“Thus they exchanged their glory for an image of a bull that eats grass.”
Proverbs 17:16
“Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?”
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1 Corinthians 15:36 — “You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies....”
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