100 Bible Verses about Calling Someone a Fool

Here are 100 Bible verses about calling someone a fool, curated from both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, King James Version, arranged from most to least relevant.

Matthew 5:22 KJV

²² 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.

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Psalm 14:1 KJV

¹ The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

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Matthew 23:17 KJV

¹⁷ Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?

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Proverbs 29:11 KJV

¹¹ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

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Proverbs 12:15 KJV

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

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Proverbs 18:2 KJV

² A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

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Matthew 23:19 KJV

¹⁹ Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

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Proverbs 10:18 KJV

¹⁸ He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

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Proverbs 1:7 KJV

⁷ The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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1 Corinthians 3:18 KJV

¹⁸ Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

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Luke 12:20 KJV

²⁰ 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?

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1 Corinthians 1:25 KJV

²⁵ Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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2 Timothy 4:2-4 KJV

² Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. ³ For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; ⁴ And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

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Psalm 53:1 KJV

¹ The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

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Ecclesiastes 10:3 KJV

³ Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

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Matthew 7:26 KJV

²⁶ And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

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Proverbs 18:6-7 KJV

⁶ A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. ⁷ A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

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James 3:5-6 KJV

⁵ Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! ⁶ And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

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Proverbs 17:28 KJV

²⁸ Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

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1 Corinthians 6:9-10 KJV

⁹ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, ¹⁰ Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

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James 3:1 KJV

¹ My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

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John 8:58 KJV

⁵⁸ Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

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1 Corinthians 1:27 KJV

²⁷ But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

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Proverbs 12:16 KJV

¹⁶ A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

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James 1:26 KJV

²⁶ If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.

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1 Corinthians 4:10 KJV

¹⁰ We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

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Proverbs 10:23 KJV

²³ It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

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Ephesians 6:11 KJV

¹¹ Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

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John 3:16 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

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Proverbs 18:6 KJV

⁶ A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

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Proverbs 12:15-16 KJV

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. ¹⁶ A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

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1 Corinthians 15:36 KJV

³⁶ Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

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1 Corinthians 3:18-19 KJV

¹⁸ Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. ¹⁹ For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

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1 Corinthians 2:14 KJV

¹⁴ But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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Psalm 2:7 KJV

⁷ I will declare the decree: the Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

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John 5:30 KJV

³⁰ I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

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James 4:7 KJV

⁷ Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

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Acts 20:24 KJV

²⁴ But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

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Hebrews 1:3 KJV

³ Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

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James 2:20 KJV

²⁰ But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

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Luke 11:40 KJV

⁴⁰ Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

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Isaiah 11:2-5 KJV

² And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; ³ And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: ⁴ But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and …

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Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 KJV

¹² The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. ¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. ¹⁴ A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

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Proverbs 28:26 KJV

²⁶ He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

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Proverbs 15:5 KJV

⁵ A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

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Proverbs 10:14 KJV

¹⁴ Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

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2 Samuel 7:12 KJV

¹² And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.

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1 Thessalonians 4:17 KJV

¹⁷ Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

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1 Corinthians 15:52 KJV

⁵² In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

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Acts 2:1-47 KJV

¹ And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. ² And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. ³ And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. ⁴ And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and …

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John 13:16 KJV

¹⁶ Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

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Isaiah 55:1 KJV

¹ Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.

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James 5:12 KJV

¹² But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

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Proverbs 14:7 KJV

⁷ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

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Luke 9:1 KJV

¹ Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases.

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Isaiah 43:10 KJV

¹⁰ Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

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Proverbs 14:16 KJV

¹⁶ A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

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Exodus 7:1 KJV

¹ And the Lord said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.

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James 3:5 KJV

⁵ Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

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Titus 3:3 KJV

³ For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

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Ephesians 5:18 KJV

¹⁸ And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

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Ephesians 4:29 KJV

²⁹ Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.

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Galatians 5:21 KJV

²¹ Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

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1 Corinthians 8:6 KJV

⁶ But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.

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1 Corinthians 1:1-31 KJV

¹ Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, ² Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their’s and our’s: ³ Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. …

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John 17:20-22 KJV

²⁰ Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; ²¹ That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. ²² And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:

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John 6:20 KJV

²⁰ But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

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Matthew 23:17-19 KJV

¹⁷ Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? ¹⁸ And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. ¹⁹ Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

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Matthew 4:7 KJV

⁷ Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

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Proverbs 14:3 KJV

³ In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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Proverbs 11:29 KJV

²⁹ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

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Proverbs 11:12 KJV

¹² He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace.

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Proverbs 10:8 KJV

⁸ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

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Psalm 107:17 KJV

¹⁷ Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

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Psalm 94:8 KJV

⁸ Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

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Psalm 92:6 KJV

⁶ A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

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Psalm 82:1 KJV

¹ God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods.

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Psalm 74:18 KJV

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

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Psalm 24:8 KJV

⁸ Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

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Deuteronomy 18:19 KJV

¹⁹ And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.

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Deuteronomy 10:17 KJV

¹⁷ For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

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Revelation 1:1 KJV

¹ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:

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1 Corinthians 14:33 KJV

³³ For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.

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John 10:34-36 KJV

³⁴ Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? ³⁵ If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; ³⁶ Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?

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Luke 2:11 KJV

¹¹ For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

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Matthew 5:21 KJV

²¹ Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:

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Exodus 3:14 KJV

¹⁴ And God said unto Moses, I Am That I Am: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I Am hath sent me unto you.

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Colossians 1:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: ¹⁷ And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

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Galatians 6:9 KJV

⁹ And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

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John 20:28 KJV

²⁸ And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

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John 18:6 KJV

⁶ As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground.

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John 5:31 KJV

³¹ If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

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John 3:16-17 KJV

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. ¹⁷ For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

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Mark 13:9 KJV

⁹ But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

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Matthew 28:19 KJV

¹⁹ Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

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Jeremiah 51:57 KJV

⁵⁷ And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.

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Jeremiah 1:5 KJV

⁵ Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

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Isaiah 41:4 KJV

⁴ Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.

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Isaiah 9:6 KJV

⁶ For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

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Psalm 45:7 KJV

⁷ Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

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