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100 Bible Verses about April Fools Day

Psalm 14:1 ESV / 73 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.

Proverbs 1:7 ESV / 68 helpful votes

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge; fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Proverbs 18:2 ESV / 56 helpful votes

A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.

Proverbs 10:23 ESV / 55 helpful votes

Doing wrong is like a joke to a fool, but wisdom is pleasure to a man of understanding.

Proverbs 29:11 ESV / 53 helpful votes

A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back.

Proverbs 18:7 ESV / 53 helpful votes

A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Proverbs 10:14 ESV / 51 helpful votes

The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.

Proverbs 20:3 ESV / 49 helpful votes

It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.

Proverbs 12:15 ESV / 49 helpful votes

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice.

Proverbs 13:20 ESV / 48 helpful votes

Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

Proverbs 12:16 ESV / 48 helpful votes

The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult.

Proverbs 10:8 ESV / 48 helpful votes

The wise of heart will receive commandments, but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Matthew 5:22 ESV / 47 helpful votes

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.

Proverbs 28:26 ESV / 47 helpful votes

Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool, but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

Proverbs 26:11 ESV / 46 helpful votes

Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.

Proverbs 14:16 ESV / 46 helpful votes

One who is wise is cautious and turns away from evil, but a fool is reckless and careless.

Proverbs 1:22 ESV / 46 helpful votes

“How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple? How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing and fools hate knowledge?

Psalm 53:1 ESV / 46 helpful votes

To the choirmaster: according to Mahalath. A Maskil of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good.

Proverbs 26:18-19 ESV / 44 helpful votes

Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”

Proverbs 18:6 ESV / 44 helpful votes

A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating.

Proverbs 17:12 ESV / 43 helpful votes

Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 15:5 ESV / 43 helpful votes

A fool despises his father's instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 10:18 ESV / 43 helpful votes

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.

Ecclesiastes 7:9 ESV / 42 helpful votes

Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 41 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 7:26 ESV / 41 helpful votes

And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.

Proverbs 29:9 ESV / 41 helpful votes

If a wise man has an argument with a fool, the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.

Proverbs 15:7 ESV / 40 helpful votes

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the hearts of fools.

Proverbs 14:7-9 ESV / 40 helpful votes

Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge. The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving. Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.

John 14:6 ESV / 39 helpful votes

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Proverbs 17:28 ESV / 37 helpful votes

Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

Psalm 107:17 ESV / 35 helpful votes

Some were fools through their sinful ways, and because of their iniquities suffered affliction;

Proverbs 23:9 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.

Proverbs 21:20 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Precious treasure and oil are in a wise man's dwelling, but a foolish man devours it.

Proverbs 15:21 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.

Proverbs 14:29 ESV / 34 helpful votes

Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.

Proverbs 14:15 ESV / 34 helpful votes

The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.

Titus 3:3 ESV / 33 helpful votes

For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another.

Matthew 25:1-13 ESV / 33 helpful votes

“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. ...

Proverbs 3:35 ESV / 33 helpful votes

The wise will inherit honor, but fools get disgrace.

Proverbs 17:24 ESV / 32 helpful votes

The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:25 ESV / 31 helpful votes

A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

Proverbs 15:20 ESV / 31 helpful votes

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.

Proverbs 15:2 ESV / 31 helpful votes

The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.

Proverbs 14:1 ESV / 31 helpful votes

The wisest of women builds her house, but folly with her own hands tears it down.

Proverbs 13:16 ESV / 31 helpful votes

Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.

Proverbs 10:1 ESV / 31 helpful votes

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

Proverbs 9:13-17 ESV / 31 helpful votes

The woman Folly is loud; she is seductive and knows nothing. She sits at the door of her house; she takes a seat on the highest places of the town, calling to those who pass by, who are going straight on their way, “Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” And to him who lacks sense she says, “Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

Proverbs 26:3-12 ESV / 30 helpful votes

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools. Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off his own feet and drinks violence. Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless, is a proverb in the mouth of fools. ...

Proverbs 14:7 ESV / 30 helpful votes

Leave the presence of a fool, for there you do not meet words of knowledge.

Psalm 14:1-4 ESV / 29 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. The Lord looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. Have they no knowledge, all the evildoers who eat up my people as they eat bread and do not call upon the Lord?

1 Corinthians 3:18 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise.

Proverbs 10:13 ESV / 27 helpful votes

On the lips of him who has understanding, wisdom is found, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks sense.

Proverbs 10:10 ESV / 27 helpful votes

Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin.

1 Peter 5:8 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Ecclesiastes 10:12 ESV / 26 helpful votes

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.

Ecclesiastes 10:2 ESV / 26 helpful votes

A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left.

Proverbs 14:9 ESV / 26 helpful votes

Fools mock at the guilt offering, but the upright enjoy acceptance.

Mark 7:21-23 ESV / 25 helpful votes

For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

Isaiah 32:6 ESV / 25 helpful votes

For the fool speaks folly, and his heart is busy with iniquity, to practice ungodliness, to utter error concerning the Lord, to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied, and to deprive the thirsty of drink.

Proverbs 29:20 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 27:22 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, yet his folly will not depart from him.

Proverbs 26:4-5 ESV / 25 helpful votes

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.

Proverbs 17:21 ESV / 25 helpful votes

He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.

Psalm 5:5 ESV / 25 helpful votes

The boastful shall not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.

Proverbs 26:12 ESV / 24 helpful votes

Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Proverbs 14:8 ESV / 24 helpful votes

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.

James 2:20-24 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God. You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone.

James 1:19-20 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.

1 Corinthians 3:21 ESV / 23 helpful votes

So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,

Romans 1:22 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Claiming to be wise, they became fools,

Romans 1:14 ESV / 23 helpful votes

I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

Luke 12:20 ESV / 23 helpful votes

But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

Luke 12:16-20 ESV / 23 helpful votes

And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 ESV / 23 helpful votes

The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God will bring every deed into judgment, with every secret thing, whether good or evil.

Ecclesiastes 10:14 ESV / 23 helpful votes

A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him?

Ecclesiastes 10:11-15 ESV / 23 helpful votes

If the serpent bites before it is charmed, there is no advantage to the charmer. The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness. A fool multiplies words, though no man knows what is to be, and who can tell him what will be after him? The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.

Ecclesiastes 4:5 ESV / 23 helpful votes

The fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh.

Proverbs 26:19 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I am only joking!”

Proverbs 26:5 ESV / 23 helpful votes

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

Proverbs 26:4 ESV / 23 helpful votes

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself.

Proverbs 19:13 ESV / 23 helpful votes

A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife's quarreling is a continual dripping of rain.

Proverbs 9:6-8 ESV / 22 helpful votes

Leave your simple ways, and live, and walk in the way of insight.” Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you.

Romans 1:20 ESV / 21 helpful votes

For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.

Proverbs 15:14 ESV / 20 helpful votes

The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.

Psalm 101:7 ESV / 18 helpful votes

No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who utters lies shall continue before my eyes.

Proverbs 12:19 ESV / 15 helpful votes

Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Proverbs 17:4 ESV / 14 helpful votes

An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

Psalm 120:2 ESV / 14 helpful votes

Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Revelation 21:8 ESV / 13 helpful votes

But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”

James 3:14 ESV / 12 helpful votes

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.

Psalm 36:3 ESV / 12 helpful votes

The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit; he has ceased to act wisely and do good.

Psalm 23:1-6 ESV / 12 helpful votes

A Psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ...

Exodus 20:16 ESV / 12 helpful votes

“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Proverbs 6:16-19 ESV / 11 helpful votes

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that make haste to run to evil, a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers.

Psalm 58:3 ESV / 11 helpful votes

The wicked are estranged from the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

Psalm 34:13 ESV / 11 helpful votes

Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit.

Ephesians 4:25 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Mark 7:9 ESV / 9 helpful votes

And he said to them, “You have a fine way of rejecting the commandment of God in order to establish your tradition!

Psalm 120:2-4 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue? A warrior's sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!

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