Psalm 92:6
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6 The dullard cannot know;
the stupid cannot understand this:
Psalm 73:22
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22 I was stupid and ignorant;
I was like a brute beast toward you.(A)
Psalm 94:8
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8 Understand, O dullest of the people;
fools, when will you be wise?(A)
Psalm 49:10
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10 When we look at the wise, they die;
fool and dolt perish together
and leave their wealth to others.(A)
1 Corinthians 2:14
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14 Those who are unspiritual[a] do not receive the gifts of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.(A)
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Jeremiah 10:14
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14 Everyone is stupid and without knowledge;
goldsmiths are all put to shame by their idols,
for their images are false,
and there is no breath in them.(A)
Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?(A)
Luke 12:20
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20 But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’(A)
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Isaiah 1:3
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3 The ox knows its owner
and the donkey its master’s crib,
but Israel does not know;
my people do not understand.(A)
Proverbs 30:2
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2 Surely I am too stupid to be human;
I do not have human understanding.(A)
Proverbs 24:7
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7 Wisdom is too high for fools;
in the gate they do not open their mouths.(A)
Psalm 32:9
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9 Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
else it will not stay near you.(A)
Psalm 14:1
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Psalm 14
Denunciation of Godlessness
To the leader. Of David.
1 Fools say in their hearts, “There is no God.”
They are corrupt; they do abominable deeds;
there is no one who does good.(A)
Psalm 75:4
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4 I say to the boastful, “Do not boast,”
and to the wicked, “Do not lift up your horn;(A)
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