Quotes about Foolishness
Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.
- Ecclesiastes 7:10
Do not be excessively wicked, and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time?
- Ecclesiastes 7:17
A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
- Ecclesiastes 10:2
Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.
- Ecclesiastes 10:3
The beginning of his talk is folly, and the end of his speech is evil madness.
- Ecclesiastes 10:13
Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.
- Ecclesiastes 10:16
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
- Isaiah 5:21
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Isaiah 19:11
For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
- Isaiah 32:6
Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
- Daniel 12:10
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.
- Matthew 7:26
Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
- Matthew 15:14