Psalm 92:6
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6 Only a simpleton would not know,
and only a fool would not understand this:
Psalm 73:22
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22 I was so foolish and ignorant—
I must have seemed like a senseless animal to you.
Psalm 94:8
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8 Think again, you fools!
When will you finally catch on?
Psalm 49:10
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10 Those who are wise must finally die,
just like the foolish and senseless,
leaving all their wealth behind.
1 Corinthians 2:14
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14 But people who aren’t spiritual[a] can’t receive these truths from God’s Spirit. It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means.
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- 2:14 Or who don’t have the Spirit; or who have only physical life.
Luke 12:20
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20 “But God said to him, ‘You fool! You will die this very night. Then who will get everything you worked for?’
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Jeremiah 10:14
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14 The whole human race is foolish and has no knowledge!
The craftsmen are disgraced by the idols they make,
for their carefully shaped works are a fraud.
These idols have no breath or power.
Isaiah 1:3
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3 Even an ox knows its owner,
and a donkey recognizes its master’s care—
but Israel doesn’t know its master.
My people don’t recognize my care for them.”
Proverbs 30:2
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2 I am too stupid to be human,
and I lack common sense.
Proverbs 24:7
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7 Wisdom is too lofty for fools.
Among leaders at the city gate, they have nothing to say.
Proverbs 1:22
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22 “How long, you simpletons,
will you insist on being simpleminded?
How long will you mockers relish your mocking?
How long will you fools hate knowledge?
Psalm 75:4
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4 “I warned the proud, ‘Stop your boasting!’
I told the wicked, ‘Don’t raise your fists!
Psalm 32:9
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9 Do not be like a senseless horse or mule
that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”
Psalm 14:1
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Psalm 14
For the choir director: A psalm of David.
1 Only fools say in their hearts,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt, and their actions are evil;
not one of them does good!
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