The word in Scripture

Fool in the Bible

The word fool appears 73 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A fool says in his heart there is no God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What fool means in the Bible

A fool says in his heart there is no God.

Where the word fool appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word fool appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.”Psalms 49:10

“A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.”Psalms 92:6

“He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;”Proverbs 7:22

“He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.”Proverbs 17:21

“A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?”Ecclesiastes 10:14

“As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.”Jeremiah 17:11

“But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.”Matthew 5:22

“But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?”Luke 12:20