Bible Verses About Stupidity
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for stupidity, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 3,646 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 Stupidity
Proverbs 12:1202 votes
Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
Romans 1:22144 votes
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Proverbs 14:16-18109 votes
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
Proverbs 14:7-9101 votes
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
Psalms 14:188 votes
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.
Revelation 1:177 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:
Jeremiah 4:2276 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.
2 Timothy 2:23-2473 votes
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
2 Timothy 3:773 votes
Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
John 8:3270 votes
And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Proverbs 28:2668 votes
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.
Luke 1:3760 votes
For with God nothing shall be impossible.
1 Corinthians 15:3360 votes
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
2 Kings 2:23-2457 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.
John 3:16-1754 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.
Ecclesiastes 7:2553 votes
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:
Matthew 10:1649 votes
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
Romans 12:1-2148 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.
Romans 13:1-1448 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.
Proverbs 15:2142 votes
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Jeremiah 10:8-942 votes
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
John 3:1642 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 2:2042 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.
Deuteronomy 23:141 votes
He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord.
Proverbs 9:1341 votes
A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
What does the Bible say about stupidity?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 12:1 on the subject of stupidity. Across 3,646 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Romans 1:22, Proverbs 14:16-18, Proverbs 14:7-9. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.