Fool
37 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
General Scriptures Concerning
- Psalm 5:5 The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
- Psalm 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.
- Psalm 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.
- Psalm 74:18–22 Remember how the enemy has mocked You, O LORD, how a foolish people has spurned Your name. …
- Psalm 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 3:35 The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
- Proverbs 9:6–8 Leave your folly behind, and you will live; walk in the way of understanding.” …
- Proverbs 9:13–17 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 10:13–14 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment. …
- Proverbs 10:18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
- Proverbs 10:23 The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
- Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- Proverbs 14:7–9 Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech. …
- Proverbs 14:15 The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
- Proverbs 15:7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
- Proverbs 15:20–21 A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother. …
- Proverbs 17:24–25 Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth. …
- Proverbs 18:2 A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
- Proverbs 18:6–7 A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating. …
- Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
- 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 26:3–12 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! …
- 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.
- Ecclesiastes 4:5 The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
- Ecclesiastes 7:9 Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
- Ecclesiastes 10:11–15 If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer. …
- Matthew 7:26–27 But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. …
- Titus 3:3 For at one time we too were foolish, disobedient, misled, and enslaved to all sorts of desires and pleasures — living in malice and envy, being hated and hating one another.
Parables of of the Foolish Virgns
- Matthew 25:1–13 “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. …
Parables of of the Rich Fool
- Luke 12:16–20 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. …
Related topics
FoolsWomen of Evil PeopleVirginBridegroomSelf-Indulgence
Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.