The word in Scripture

Foolish in the Bible

The word foolish appears 52 times in the King James Version of the Bible. Foolish describes the heart that lives as though there is no God. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What foolish means in the Bible

Foolish describes the heart that lives as though there is no God.

Where the word foolish appears

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

“For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.”Psalms 73:3

“Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.”Psalms 74:18

“That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;”Isaiah 44:25

“And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.”Matthew 25:8

“An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.”Romans 2:20

“But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.”Romans 10:19

“Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?”Galatians 3:3

“Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.”Ephesians 5:4