Verses About
Foolishness



20 Verses About Foolishness from 6 Books

Samuel 2 15:31

And [one] told David, saying, Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

Psalms 38:5

My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.

Psalms 69:5

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

Proverbs 12:23

A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Proverbs 14:24

The crown of the wise [is] their riches: [but] the foolishness of fools [is] folly.

Proverbs 15:2

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Proverbs 15:14

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.



Proverbs 19:3

The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

Proverbs 22:15

Foolishness [is] bound in the heart of a child; [but] the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Proverbs 24:9

The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.

Proverbs 27:22

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.

Ecclesiastes 7:25

I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason [of things], and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness [and] madness:

Ecclesiastes 10:13

The beginning of the words of his mouth [is] foolishness: and the end of his talk [is] mischievous madness.

Mark 7:22

Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:



Corinthians 1 1:18

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

Corinthians 1 1:21

For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

Corinthians 1 1:23

But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;

Corinthians 1 1:25

Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

Corinthians 1 2:14

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.

Corinthians 1 3:19

For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.





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