100 Bible Verses about Fools

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

Proverbs 18:2 KJV

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

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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 1:7 KJV

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

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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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Proverbs 29:9 KJV

⁹ If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

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Proverbs 18:7 KJV

⁷ A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

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Ecclesiastes 7:9 KJV

⁹ Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

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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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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 14:1-4 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. ² The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. ³ They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. …

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Proverbs 14:7-9 KJV

⁷ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. ⁸ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. ⁹ Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

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Proverbs 15:7 KJV

⁷ The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

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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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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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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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Romans 1:22 KJV

²² Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

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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 26:3-12 KJV

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back. ⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. ⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. ⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. ⁷ The legs of …

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Ecclesiastes 4:5 KJV

⁵ The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

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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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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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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 10:8 KJV

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

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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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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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1 John 4:18 KJV

¹⁸ There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

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Proverbs 26:4 KJV

⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

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Proverbs 9:6-8 KJV

⁶ Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. ⁷ He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. ⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

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Proverbs 3:35 KJV

³⁵ The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

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Proverbs 21:20 KJV

²⁰ There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

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Proverbs 10:13 KJV

¹³ In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

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Proverbs 26:5 KJV

⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

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Proverbs 14:15 KJV

¹⁵ The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.

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Psalm 37:8 KJV

⁸ Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.

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Proverbs 15:21 KJV

²¹ Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

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Proverbs 15:2 KJV

² The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

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Proverbs 1:22 KJV

²² How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

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Proverbs 20:3 KJV

³ It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

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Proverbs 17:16 KJV

¹⁶ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

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Proverbs 19:13 KJV

¹³ A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

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Proverbs 15:20 KJV

²⁰ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

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Proverbs 14:1 KJV

¹ Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.

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Proverbs 9:13-17 KJV

¹³ A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. ¹⁴ For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, ¹⁵ To call passengers who go right on their ways: ¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, ¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet, …

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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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2 Peter 3:9 KJV

⁹ The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

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Proverbs 17:24 KJV

²⁴ Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

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Psalm 74:18-22 KJV

¹⁸ Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. ¹⁹ O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. ²⁰ Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. ²¹ O let not the …

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James 2:20-24 KJV

²⁰ But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? ²¹ Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? ²² Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? ²³ And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for …

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Proverbs 10:1 KJV

¹ The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

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Ecclesiastes 10:2 KJV

² A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.

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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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James 1:19-20 KJV

¹⁹ Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: ²⁰ For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

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1 Corinthians 3:19 KJV

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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Proverbs 17:25 KJV

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

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Ecclesiastes 10:12 KJV

¹² The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

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Proverbs 10:10 KJV

¹⁰ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

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Ecclesiastes 10:11-15 KJV

¹¹ Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. 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 …

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Proverbs 14:6 KJV

⁶ A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth.

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2 Peter 2:9 KJV

⁹ The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished:

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Proverbs 1:1-33 KJV

¹ The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; ² To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; ³ To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; ⁴ To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. ⁵ A wise man will hear, and will increase …

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Proverbs 23:9 KJV

⁹ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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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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Matthew 25:1-13 KJV

¹ Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. ² And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. ³ They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: ⁴ But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. ⁵ While the bridegroom …

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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 13:20 KJV

²⁰ He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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Proverbs 26:11 KJV

¹¹ As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

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Romans 1:1-32 KJV

¹ Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, ² (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) ³ Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; ⁴ And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the …

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Luke 12:16-20 KJV

¹⁶ And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: ¹⁷ And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? ¹⁸ And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. ¹⁹ And I will say to my …

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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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Proverbs 11:23 KJV

²³ The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

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Proverbs 29:20 KJV

²⁰ Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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Proverbs 26:12 KJV

¹² Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

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Psalm 5:5 KJV

⁵ The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

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Romans 1:14 KJV

¹⁴ I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.

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Ecclesiastes 6:8 KJV

⁸ For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

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Proverbs 14:9 KJV

⁹ Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

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Revelation 14:10 KJV

¹⁰ The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:

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Ecclesiastes 10:14 KJV

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 27:22 KJV

²² Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

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Proverbs 26:4-5 KJV

⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. ⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

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Proverbs 17:12 KJV

¹² Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

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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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John 6:50-71 KJV

⁵⁰ This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. ⁵² The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? …

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Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 KJV

¹³ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. ¹⁴ For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

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Proverbs 14:8 KJV

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

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Proverbs 13:16 KJV

¹⁶ Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

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2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV

¹⁴ If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.

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Ephesians 5:15 KJV

¹⁵ See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

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Proverbs 26:19 KJV

¹⁹ So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

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Ephesians 5:15-16 KJV

¹⁵ See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, ¹⁶ Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

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John 6:55-59 KJV

⁵⁵ For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. ⁵⁶ He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. ⁵⁷ As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. ⁵⁸ This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that …

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John 6:47-50 KJV

⁴⁷ Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. ⁴⁸ I am that bread of life. ⁴⁹ Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. ⁵⁰ This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

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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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Matthew 24:26-27 KJV

²⁶ Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. ²⁷ For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

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Matthew 7:27 KJV

²⁷ And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

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Isaiah 32:6 KJV

⁶ For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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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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Ecclesiastes 2:15 KJV

¹⁵ Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

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Matthew 23:33 KJV

³³ Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

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Ecclesiastes 7:6 KJV

⁶ For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

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