68 Bible Verses about Folly, Effects Of

Fear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!

And He saith to man: -- 'Lo, fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, And to turn from evil is understanding.'

To the Overseer. -- By David. A fool hath said in his heart, 'God is not;' They have done corruptly, They have done abominable actions, There is not a doer of good.

I hear what God Jehovah speaketh, For He speaketh peace unto His people, And unto His saints, and they turn not back to folly.

The beginning of wisdom is fear of Jehovah, Good understanding have all doing them, His praise is standing for ever!

Wisdom in an out-place crieth aloud, In broad places she giveth forth her voice, At the head of the multitudes she calleth, In the openings of the gates, In the city her sayings she saith: 'Till when, ye simple, do ye love simplicity? And have scorners their scorning desired? And do fools hate knowledge?read more.
Turn back at my reproof, lo, I pour forth to you my spirit, I make known my words with you. Because I have called, and ye refuse, I stretched out my hand, and none is attending, And ye slight all my counsel, And my reproof ye have not desired. I also in your calamity do laugh, I deride when your fear cometh, When your fear cometh as destruction, And your calamity as a hurricane doth come, When on you come adversity and distress.

Whoso is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoso is hating reproof is brutish.

A fool delighteth not in understanding, But -- in uncovering his heart.

because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what is the will of the Lord,

A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --

And I -- I said, 'Surely these are poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.

And the Lord said unto him, 'Now do ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the plate make clean, but your inward part is full of rapine and wickedness; unthinking! did not He who made the outside also the inside make?

because, having known God they did not glorify Him as God, nor gave thanks, but were made vain in their reasonings, and their unintelligent heart was darkened,

unwise! thou -- what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;

and the foolish and uninstructed questions be avoiding, having known that they beget strife,

and foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about law, stand away from -- for they are unprofitable and vain.

Fools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.

Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not. Me do ye not fear, an affirmation of Jehovah? From My presence are ye not pained? Who hath made sand the border of the sea, A limit age-during, and it passeth not over it, They shake themselves, and they are not able, Yea, sounded have its billows, and they pass not over. And this people hath an apostate and rebellious heart, They have turned aside, and they go on.read more.
And they have not said in their heart, 'Let us fear, we pray you, Jehovah our God, who is giving rain, The sprinkling and the gathered, in its season, The appointed weeks of harvest He keepeth for us.' Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have kept the good from you.

Whoso is trusting in his heart is a fool, And whoso is walking in wisdom is delivered.

Whoso is confident in his wealth he falleth, And as a leaf, the righteous flourish.

The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.

There is a way -- right before a man, And its latter end are ways of death.

And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

O God, Thou -- Thou hast known Concerning my overturn, And my desolations from Thee have not been hid.

A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.

Every prudent one dealeth with knowledge, And a fool spreadeth out folly.

The tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.

but they shall not advance any further, for their folly shall be manifest to all, as theirs also did become.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way, And the folly of fools is deceit.

The simple giveth credence to everything, And the prudent attendeth to his step.

And I do see among the simple ones, I discern among the sons, A young man lacking understanding, Passing on in the street, near her corner, And the way to her house he doth step, In the twilight -- in the evening of day, In the darkness of night and blackness.read more.
And, lo, a woman to meet him -- (A harlot's dress, and watchful of heart, Noisy she is, and stubborn, In her house her feet rest not. Now in an out-place, now in broad places, And near every corner she lieth in wait) -- And she laid hold on him, and kissed him, She hath hardened her face, and saith to him, Sacrifices of peace-offerings are by me, To-day I have completed my vows. Therefore I have come forth to meet thee, To seek earnestly thy face, and I find thee. With ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works -- cotton of Egypt. I sprinkled my bed -- myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. Come, we are filled with loves till the morning, We delight ourselves in loves. For the man is not in his house, He hath gone on a long journey. A bag of money he hath taken in his hand, At the day of the new moon he cometh to his house.' She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him. He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool, Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it is for its life.

A foolish woman is noisy, Simple, and hath not known what. And she hath sat at the opening of her house, On a throne -- the high places of the city, To call to those passing by the way, Who are going straight on their paths.read more.
Who is simple? let him turn aside hither.' And whoso lacketh heart -- she said to him, 'Stolen waters are sweet, And hidden bread is pleasant.' And he hath not known that Rephaim are there, In deep places of Sheol her invited ones!

And Ephraim is as a simple dove without heart, Egypt they called on -- to Asshur they have gone.

O thoughtless Galatians, who did bewitch you, not to obey the truth -- before whose eyes Jesus Christ was described before among you crucified?

The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

'And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut;

For the turning of the simple slayeth them, And the security of the foolish destroyeth them.

He dieth without instruction, And in the abundance of his folly magnifieth himself!

The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.

and those wishing to be rich, do fall into temptation and a snare, and many desires, foolish and hurtful, that sink men into ruin and destruction,

Honour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!

Whoso is answering a matter before he heareth, Folly it is to him and shame.

Framers of a graven image are all of them emptiness, And their desirable things do not profit, And their own witnesses they are, They see not, nor know, that they may be ashamed.

Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what -- have they?

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

Proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.

A wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.

Whoso is begetting a fool hath affliction for it, Yea, the father of a fool rejoiceth not.

A fountain of life is understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.

Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.

The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

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

And a highway hath been there, and a way, And the 'way of holiness' is called to it, Not pass over it doth the unclean, And He Himself is by them, Whoso is going in the way -- even fools err not.

'And while they are going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those ready went in with him to the marriage-feasts, and the door was shut; and afterwards come also do the rest of the virgins, saying, Sir, sir, open to us; and he answering said, Verily I say to you, I have not known you.

If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

The heart of the intelligent seeketh knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoyeth folly.

As a dog hath returned to its vomit, A fool is repeating his folly.

And Aaron saith unto Moses, 'O, my lord, I pray thee, lay not upon us sin in which we have been foolish, and in which we have sinned;

And now, take to you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go ye unto My servant Job, and ye have caused a burnt-offering to ascend for you; and Job My servant doth pray for you, for surely his face I accept, so as not to do with you folly, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job.

for we were once -- also we -- thoughtless, disobedient, led astray, serving desires and pleasures manifold, in malice and envy living, odious -- hating one another; and when the kindness and the love to men of God our Saviour did appear (not by works that are in righteousness that we did but according to His kindness,) He did save us, through a bathing of regeneration, and a renewing of the Holy Spirit,

A scorner smite, and the simple acts prudently, And give reproof to the intelligent, He understandeth knowledge.

When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a youth, The rod of chastisement putteth it far from him.

A rod and reproof give wisdom, And a youth let away is shaming his mother.

Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.

And the erring in spirit have known understanding, And murmurers learn doctrine!'

an instructor of foolish ones, a teacher of babes, having the form of the knowledge and of the truth in the law.