Bible Verses About Folly

But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.

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

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

For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

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

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

This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.

His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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

The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place.

They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

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:

Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

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

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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

As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

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

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.