The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." Paul expressed similar thoughts in Romans 1:20-22 (NIV):
20 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools . . . .And Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 3 (NIV):
19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written "He catches the wise in their craftiness" [ a ]
Footnote: ab Job 5:13 So an apologist should have confidence that God will trap ungodly men who argue against his existence. A person maybe wise by the world’s standards, but what is such wisdom in comparison with the wisdom of God David and Paul stated that it is foolish to deny the existence of God or to ignore God. In addition to the teleological argument (Romans 1:20), Paul presented the moral