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30 Don’T Argue With Fools Bible Verse

  1. Proverbs 23:9 (NIV):

    “Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.”

  2. Proverbs 14:7 (NIV):

    “Stay away from a fool, for you will not find knowledge on their lips.”

  3. Proverbs 26:4 (NIV):

    “Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be just like him.”

  4. Proverbs 26:12 (NIV):

    “Do you see a person wise in their own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for them.”

  5. Proverbs 15:1 (NIV):

    “A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.”

  6. Proverbs 17:28 (NIV):

    “Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues.”

  7. Proverbs 29:9 (NIV):

    “If a wise person goes to court with a fool, the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.”

  8. Proverbs 18:2 (NIV):

    “Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their own opinions.”

  9. Matthew 7:6 (NIV):

    “Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.”

  10. Titus 3:9 (NIV):

    “But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law, because these are unprofitable and useless.”

  11. Proverbs 23:7 (NIV):

    “For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.”

  12. Proverbs 18:6 (NIV):

    “Fools’ words get them into constant quarrels; they are asking for a beating.”

  13. Proverbs 20:3 (NIV):

    “It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.”

  14. Matthew 7:15 (NIV):

    “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves.”

  15. Proverbs 26:5 (NIV):

    “Answer a fool according to his folly, or he will be wise in his own eyes.”

  16. Proverbs 19:3 (NIV):

    “A person’s own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the Lord.”

  17. Proverbs 29:11 (NIV):

    “Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.”

  18. Matthew 10:14 (NIV):

    “If anyone will not welcome you or listen to your words, leave that home or town and shake the dust off your feet.”

  19. Proverbs 20:1 (NIV):

    “Wine is a mocker and beer a brawler; whoever is led astray by them is not wise.”

  20. Proverbs 26:11 (NIV):

    “As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly.”

  21. Proverbs 29:20 (NIV):

    “Do you see someone who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for them.”

  22. 1 Timothy 6:20 (NIV):

    “Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge.”

  23. 1 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV):

    “Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise by the standards of this age, you should become ‘fools’ so that you may become wise.”

  24. Proverbs 29:22 (NIV):

    “An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.”

  25. Titus 3:10 (NIV):

    “Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time. After that, have nothing to do with them.”

  26. Proverbs 17:12 (NIV):

    “Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly.”

  27. 1 Corinthians 1:20 (NIV):

    “Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?”

  28. Proverbs 18:7 (NIV):

    “The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.”

  29. 2 Timothy 2:23 (NIV):

    “Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels.”

  30. Proverbs 18:13 (NIV):

    “To answer before listening—that is folly and shame.”