68 Bible Verses about Folly, Effects Of

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

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.

I will hear what God Jehovah will speak; For he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: But let them not turn again to folly.

The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all they that do his commandments : His praise endureth for ever.

Wisdom crieth aloud in the street; She uttereth her voice in the broad places; She crieth in the chief place of concourse; At the entrance of the gates, In the city, she uttereth her words: How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? And scoffers delight them in scoffing, And fools hate knowledge?read more.
Turn you at my reproof: Behold, I will pour out my spirit upon you; I will make known my words unto you. Because I have called, and ye have refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man hath regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, And would none of my reproof: I also will laugh in the day of your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; When your fear cometh as a storm, And your calamity cometh on as a whirlwind; When distress and anguish come upon you.

Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge; But he that hateth reproof is brutish.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

Wherefore be ye not foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

And the Lord said unto him, Now ye the Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness. Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?

because that, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither gave thanks; but became vain in their reasonings, and their senseless heart was darkened.

Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:

But foolish and ignorant questionings refuse, knowing that they gender strifes.

but shun foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strifes, and fightings about law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

Fools because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not: Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it? and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it. But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.read more.
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.

He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool; But whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; But the righteous shall flourish as the green leaf.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; But he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.

There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; But the end thereof are the ways of death.

But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee.

A prudent man concealeth knowledge; But the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Every prudent man worketh with knowledge; But a fool flaunteth his folly.

The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.

But they shall proceed no further. For their folly shall be evident unto all men, as theirs also came to be.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way; But the folly of fools is deceit.

The simple believeth every word; But the prudent man looketh well to his going.

And I beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, A young man void of understanding, Passing through the street near her corner; And he went the way to her house, In the twilight, in the evening of the day, In the middle of the night and in the darkness.read more.
And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart. She is clamorous and wilful; Her feet abide not in her house: Now she is in the streets, now in the broad places, And lieth in wait at every corner. So she caught him, and kissed him, And with an impudent face she said unto him: Sacrifices of peace-offerings are with me; This day have I paid my vows. Therefore came I forth to meet thee, Diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt. I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning; Let us solace ourselves with loves. For the man is not at home; He is gone a long journey: He hath taken a bag of money with him; He will come home at the full moon. With her much fair speech she causeth him to yield; With the flattering of her lips she forceth him along. He goeth after her straightway, As an ox goeth to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the correction of the fool; Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

The foolish woman is clamorous;'she is'simple, and knoweth nothing. And she sitteth at the door of her house, On a seat in the high places of the city, To call to them that pass by, Who go right on their ways:read more.
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither; And as for him that is void of understanding, she saith to him, Stolen waters are sweet, And bread eaten in secret is pleasant. But he knoweth not that the dead are there; That her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

And Ephraim is like a silly dove, without understanding: they call unto Egypt, they go to Assyria.

O foolish Galatians, who did bewitch you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly set forth crucified?

A prudent man seeth the evil, and hideth himself; But the simple pass on, and suffer for it.

And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut.

For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, And the careless ease of fools shall destroy them.

He shall die for lack of instruction; And in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

The wise in heart will receive commandments; But a prating fool shall fall.

But they that are minded to be rich fall into a temptation and a snare and many foolish and hurtful lusts, such as drown men in destruction and perdition.

The wise shall inherit glory; But shame shall be the promotion of fools.

He that giveth answer before he heareth, It is folly and shame unto him.

They that fashion a graven image are all of them vanity; and the things that they delight in shall not profit; and their own witnesses see not, nor know: that they may be put to shame.

The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?

A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish man despiseth his mother.

He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

Understanding is a well-spring of life unto him that hath it; But the correction of fools is their folly.

My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, And a rod for the back of fools.

And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but is shall be for the redeemed : the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein .

And while they went away to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage feast: and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with bruised grain, Yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.

As a dog that returneth to his vomit,'so is a fool that repeateth his folly.

And Aaron said unto Moses, Oh, my lord, lay not, I pray thee, sin upon us, for that we have done foolishly, and for that we have sinned.

Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

For we also once were foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. But when the kindness of God our Saviour, and his love toward man, appeared, not by works done in righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Smite a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; And reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

When the scoffer is punished, the simple is made wise; And when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; But the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

The rod and reproof give wisdom; But a child left to himself causeth shame to his mother.

O ye simple, understand prudence; And, ye fools, be of an understanding heart.

Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But that which is in the inward part of fools is made known.

They also that err in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmur shall receive instruction.

a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth;