Dictionary of Bible Themes: 8760 fools, characteristics of

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Dictionary of Bible Themes

Scripture portrays fools as those who have rejected God and his ways and are unable or unwilling to appreciate the wisdom of knowing and obeying him.

1 Corinthians 4:10

The world regards Christians as fools

The world regards the gospel as foolish

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1 Corinthians 1:20-25
Psalms 53:1

Fools do not believe in God

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Romans 1:21

pp Ps 14:1

Hosea 7:11

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Fools do not trust God

2 Chronicles 16:7-9
Isaiah 19:11-13; 30:1
Jeremiah 4:22

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Fools lack knowledge of God

Jeremiah 5:4,21
Psalms 92:6
Luke 24:25
Ephesians 5:15-17
Jeremiah 10:8

The behaviour of fools

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Fools worship idols

Jeremiah 10:14
Romans 1:22-23

pp Jer 51:17

Isaiah 32:6

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Fools act in a godless manner

Psalms 94:5-8
Proverbs 10:23
Ecclesiastes 7:25
Jeremiah 4:22
Jeremiah 17:11

Fools are dishonest

Proverbs 29:11

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Fools give vent to their anger

Ecclesiastes 7:9
1 Samuel 13:13

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Fools are disobedient

2 Samuel 24:10
Psalms 107:17
Proverbs 10:8

pp 1Ch 21:8

Proverbs 1:22

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Fools despise instruction and discipline

Proverbs 1:28-33; 5:23; 12:15
Isaiah 65:2
Jeremiah 18:12
Ezekiel 3:7
Proverbs 18:6-7

The speech of fools

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Fools speak unwisely

Ecclesiastes 10:12
Ephesians 5:4
Proverbs 10:18

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Fools are slanderous

2 Peter 2:15
Proverbs 14:9

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Fools are mockers

Proverbs 1:22; 14:6; 23:9; 24:9
Proverbs 20:3

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Fools love quarrelling and dissension

Proverbs 19:1
1 Timothy 1:4; 6:4
2 Timothy 2:23
Titus 3:9
Proverbs 15:2

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The words of fools are empty

Proverbs 14:7; 26:7
Ecclesiastes 9:17; 10:14
Proverbs 12:15

Fools rely on themselves

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Proverbs 14:12; 28:26
James 2:20

Fools rely on words, not deeds

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Ecclesiastes 5:4
Luke 11:39-40