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Fools
Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 199 helpful votes
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 115 helpful votes
A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.
Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 98 helpful votes
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 10:14 ESV / 76 helpful votes
The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.
Proverbs 29:9 ESV / 69 helpful votes
If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.
Psalm 14:1-4 ESV / 62 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. The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord?
Proverbs 18:7 ESV / 60 helpful votes
A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
Ecclesiastes 7:9 ESV / 58 helpful votes
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the bosom of fools.
Matthew 5:22 ESV / 52 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.
Proverbs 14:7-9 ESV / 51 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 18:6 ESV / 49 helpful votes
A fool’s lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.
Proverbs 15:7 ESV / 45 helpful votes
The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.
Romans 1:22 ESV / 43 helpful votes
Claiming to be wise, they became fools,
Titus 3:3 ESV / 39 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.
Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 35 helpful votes
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.
Matthew 7:26 ESV / 33 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.
Proverbs 26:3-12 ESV / 33 helpful votes
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. Like a lame man’s legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools. …
Proverbs 10:23 ESV / 31 helpful votes
Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.
1 John 4:18 ESV / 29 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.
Ecclesiastes 4:5 ESV / 23 helpful votes
The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.
Psalm 37:8 ESV / 23 helpful votes
Refrain from anger, and forsake wrath! Fret not yourself; it tends only to evil.
Proverbs 10:18 ESV / 22 helpful votes
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
Proverbs 9:6-8 ESV / 22 helpful votes
Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.” Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.
2 Peter 3:9 ESV / 20 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.
Proverbs 17:16 ESV / 18 helpful votes
Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
Proverbs 10:13 ESV / 18 helpful votes
On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.
Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 17 helpful votes
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
Proverbs 14:15 ESV / 17 helpful votes
The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.
Proverbs 9:13-17 ESV / 17 helpful votes
The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing. She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town, calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way, “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks sense she says, “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”
Proverbs 3:35 ESV / 17 helpful votes
The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.
Psalm 14:1 ESV / 16 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.
James 2:20-24 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.
Proverbs 21:20 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man’s dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.
Proverbs 14:6 ESV / 15 helpful votes
A scoffer seeks wisdom in vain, but knowledge is easy for a man of understanding.
Psalm 74:18-22 ESV / 15 helpful votes
Remember this, O Lord, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name. Do not deliver the soul of your dove to the wild beasts; do not forget the life of your poor forever. Have regard for the covenant, for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. Let not the downtrodden turn back in shame; let the poor and needy praise your name. Arise, O God, defend your cause; remember how the foolish scoff at you all the day!
2 Peter 2:9 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment,
Proverbs 26:5 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 19:13 ESV / 14 helpful votes
A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.
Proverbs 17:28 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
Proverbs 15:21 ESV / 14 helpful votes
Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.
Proverbs 15:20 ESV / 14 helpful votes
A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
Proverbs 10:8 ESV / 14 helpful votes
The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Proverbs 1:1-33 ESV / 14 helpful votes
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: To know wisdom and instruction, to understand words of insight, to receive instruction in wise dealing, in righteousness, justice, and equity; to give prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the youth— Let the wise hear and increase in learning, and the one who understands obtain guidance, …
Proverbs 26:4 ESV / 13 helpful votes
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.
James 1:19-20 ESV / 12 helpful votes
Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
1 Corinthians 3:19 ESV / 11 helpful votes
For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,”
Romans 1:1-32 ESV / 11 helpful votes
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord, through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, …
Proverbs 14:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes
The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.
Proverbs 11:23 ESV / 11 helpful votes
The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
Proverbs 10:1 ESV / 11 helpful votes
The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.
Proverbs 1:22 ESV / 11 helpful votes
“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?
Ecclesiastes 10:2 ESV / 10 helpful votes
A wise man’s heart inclines him to the right, but a fool’s heart to the left.
Proverbs 17:25 ESV / 10 helpful votes
A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
Ecclesiastes 10:11-15 ESV / 9 helpful votes
If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer. 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? The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
Proverbs 17:24 ESV / 9 helpful votes
The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Psalm 107:17 ESV / 9 helpful votes
Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;
Psalm 53:1 ESV / 9 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.
Revelation 14:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes
He also will drink the wine of God’s wrath, poured full strength into the cup of his anger, and he will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
John 6:50-71 ESV / 8 helpful votes
This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. …
Proverbs 14:16 ESV / 8 helpful votes
One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.
John 6:55-59 ESV / 7 helpful votes
For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.
John 6:47-50 ESV / 7 helpful votes
Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
Luke 12:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes
But I will warn you whom to fear: fear him who, after he has killed, has authority to cast into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him!
Proverbs 15:5 ESV / 7 helpful votes
A fool despises his father’s instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.
Romans 1:14 ESV / 6 helpful votes
I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
John 6:67-71 ESV / 6 helpful votes
So Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.” He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him.
Mark 10:1 ESV / 6 helpful votes
And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them.
Matthew 9:6-8 ESV / 6 helpful votes
But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.” And he rose and went home. When the crowds saw it, they were afraid, and they glorified God, who had given such authority to men.
Proverbs 10:6 ESV / 6 helpful votes
Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Ephesians 5:15 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
Matthew 25:1-13 ESV / 5 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 18:9 ESV / 5 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 10:28 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 1:6 ESV / 5 helpful votes
And Jesse the father of David the king. And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah,
Ezekiel 31:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes
I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit. And all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the world below.
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ESV / 5 helpful votes
The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.
Proverbs 10:10 ESV / 5 helpful votes
Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.
Psalm 5:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes
The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.
2 Chronicles 7:14 ESV / 5 helpful votes
If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
Deuteronomy 32:22 ESV / 5 helpful votes
For a fire is kindled by my anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol, devours the earth and its increase, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.
Revelation 20:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
Revelation 20:12 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done.
Revelation 20:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
Jude 1:7 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
Luke 12:16-20 ESV / 4 helpful votes
And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.’ 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 5:29 ESV / 4 helpful votes
If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell.
Isaiah 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes
Therefore Sheol has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth beyond measure, and the nobility of Jerusalem and her multitude will go down, her revelers and he who exults in her.
Psalm 9:17 ESV / 4 helpful votes
The wicked shall return to Sheol, all the nations that forget God.
Revelation 1:18 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
2 Peter 2:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment;
2 Thessalonians 1:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes
They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,
Acts 2:27 ESV / 3 helpful votes
For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, or let your Holy One see corruption.
Matthew 25:41 ESV / 3 helpful votes
“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.
Matthew 25:30 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Matthew 23:33 ESV / 3 helpful votes
You serpents, you brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to hell?
Matthew 11:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes
And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
Matthew 5:44 ESV / 3 helpful votes
But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Ecclesiastes 9:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
Job 17:16 ESV / 3 helpful votes
Will it go down to the bars of Sheol? Shall we descend together into the dust?”
Luke 16:23 ESV / 2 helpful votes
And in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side.
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