Quotes about Foolishness

Sometimes the truth is stupid.

Solomon warned us not to rush into God's presence with words. That's what fools do. And often, that's what we do.

Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool's eyes roam to the ends of the earth. Proverbs 17:24

When pride comes, disgrace follows, but with humility comes wisdom. Proverbs 11:2

Lord, Your Word says that he who trusts in himself is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom is kept safe (Prov. 28:26). I've come to realize that I cannot trust in myself. My safety is in learning to trust in You, Lord.

God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God's weakness is stronger than human strength. 1 Corinthians 1:25

He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong.

We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God.

Be not foolish, O my soul, nor become deaf in the ear of thine heart with the tumult of thy folly. Hearken thou too. The Word itself calleth thee to return: and there is the place of rest imperturbable, where love is not forsaken, if itself forsaketh not.

But what shall men do who cannot find anything wise to say, because they are interpreting foolish things?

I lighted upon that bold woman, simple and knoweth nothing, shadowed out in Solomon, sitting at the door, and saying, Eat ye bread of secrecies willingly, and drink ye stolen waters which are sweet: she seduced me, because she found my soul dwelling abroad in the eye of my flesh, and ruminating on such food as through it I had devoured.

He that will teach himself in school, becomes a scholar to a fool.