Bible Verses About Being Stupid
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for being stupid, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 2,898 votes, led by Proverbs 12:1. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Being Stupid
Proverbs 12:1150 votes
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
2 Timothy 3:7109 votes
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
John 8:3294 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
1 Corinthians 15:3384 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Romans 13:1-1463 votes
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
Matthew 10:1657 votes
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Luke 1:3756 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
2 Kings 2:23-2452 votes
And he went up from thence unto Beth–el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
Romans 12:1-2150 votes
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Corinthians 1:2742 votes
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;
Jeremiah 29:1137 votes
For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Matthew 10:3437 votes
Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.
Ephesians 5:1836 votes
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
Jeremiah 4:2235 votes
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Deuteronomy 23:134 votes
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
Isaiah 41:1032 votes
Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
Matthew 6:3332 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
John 3:1632 votes
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.
Galatians 2:2032 votes
I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Revelation 1:132 votes
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:
Proverbs 12:15-2530 votes
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
1 Peter 5:730 votes
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Romans 5:829 votes
But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Deuteronomy 21:18-2128 votes
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
Luke 14:2628 votes
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.
What does the Bible say about being stupid?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 12:1 on the subject of being stupid. Across 2,898 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including 2 Timothy 3:7, John 8:32, 1 Corinthians 15:33. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.