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Want to know what the Bible says about Stupidity? Here are 75 Bible verses about Stupidity from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Proverbs 12:1 NIV
Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but whoever hates correction is stupid.
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Romans 1:22 NIV
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
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Proverbs 14:16-18 NIV
16 The wise fear the Lord and shun evil,
    but a fool is hotheaded and yet feels secure.
17 A quick-tempered person does foolish things,
    and the one who devises evil schemes is hated.
18 The simple inherit folly,
    but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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Psalm 14:1 NIV
The fool says in his heart,
    “There is no God.”
They are corrupt, their deeds are vile;
    there is no one who does good.
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Proverbs 14:7-9 NIV
7 Stay away from a fool,
    for you will not find knowledge on their lips.
8 The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways,
    but the folly of fools is deception.
9 Fools mock at making amends for sin,
    but goodwill is found among the upright.
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Revelation 1:1 NIV
The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
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2 Kings 2:23-24 NIV
23 From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, baldy!” they said. “Get out of here, baldy!” 24 He turned around, looked at them and called down a curse on them in the name of the Lord. Then two bears came out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys.
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John 8:32 NIV
Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
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2 Timothy 3:7 NIV
always learning but never able to come to a knowledge of the truth.
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Proverbs 28:26 NIV
Those who trust in themselves are fools,
    but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.
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Ecclesiastes 7:25 NIV
So I turned my mind to understand,
    to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things
and to understand the stupidity of wickedness
    and the madness of folly.
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Jeremiah 4:22 NIV
“My people are fools;
    they do not know me.
They are senseless children;
    they have no understanding.
They are skilled in doing evil;
    they know not how to do good.”
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2 Timothy 2:23-24 NIV
23 Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. 24 And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelsome but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful.
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Jeremiah 10:14 NIV
Everyone is senseless and without knowledge;
    every goldsmith is shamed by his idols.
The images he makes are a fraud;
    they have no breath in them.
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John 3:16-17 NIV
16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
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Psalm 94:8 NIV
Take notice, you senseless ones among the people;
    you fools, when will you become wise?
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Galatians 2:20 NIV
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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Ecclesiastes 10:19 NIV
A feast is made for laughter,
    wine makes life merry,
    and money is the answer for everything.
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