28 occurrences

'Folly' in the Bible

So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has."

He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel.

The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything.

Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.

The naive inherit folly, but the shrewd are crowned with knowledge.

The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly.

Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course.

It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own estimation.

I said of partying, "It is folly," and of self-indulgent pleasure, "It accomplishes nothing!"

I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness:

For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless.

I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly.

This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives -- then they die.

One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
רדף 
Radaph 
Usage: 143

διώκω 
Dioko 
Usage: 28

ἐπακολουθέω 
Epakoloutheo 
Usage: 4

κατακολουθέω 
Katakoloutheo 
Usage: 2

אוּלת 
'ivveleth 
Usage: 25

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

אחר 
'acher 
Usage: 166

אחרן אחרין 
'acharown 
Usage: 50

אסון 
'acown 
Usage: 5

גּדרה 
G@derah 
Usage: 9

גּליל 
Galiyl 
Usage: 4

דּבק 
Dabaq 
Usage: 54

דּבּר דּבר 
Dober 
Usage: 3

חבק 
Chabaq 
Usage: 13

חבּק 
Chibbuq 
Usage: 2

ילך 
Yalak 
go , walk , come , depart , ...away , follow , get , lead , brought , carry , bring ,
Usage: 0

כּסל 
Kecel 
Usage: 13

כּסלה 
Kiclah 
Usage: 2

לאום לאם 
L@om 
Usage: 35

מכלה מכלאה 
Mikla'ah 
Usage: 3

נבלה 
N@balah 
Usage: 13

נוה נוה 
Naveh 
Usage: 35

סבך 
Cabak 
Usage: 2

סכל 
Cekel 
Usage: 1

שׂכלוּת סכלוּת 
Cikluwth 
Usage: 7

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

תּפלה 
Tiphlah 
Usage: 3

ἀκολουθέω 
Akoloutheo 
Usage: 67

ἄνοια 
Anoia 
Usage: 2

ἄῤῥωστος 
Arrhostos 
sick , sick folk , be sick , sickly
Usage: 4

αὐλή 
Aule 
Usage: 9

ἀφροσύνη 
Aphrosune 
Usage: 3

δεῦτε 
Deute 
come , follow 9
Usage: 3

ἑλίσσω 
helisso 
fold them up
Usage: 1

ἐξακολουθέω 
Exakoloutheo 
Usage: 3

ἑξῆς 
hexes 
Usage: 5

ἐπαύριον 
Epaurion 
Usage: 17

ἐπιοῦσα 
Epiousa 
Usage: 5

καταδιώκω 
Katadioko 
Usage: 1

μιμέομαι 
Mimeomai 
Usage: 4

μιμητής 
Mimetes 
Usage: 7

ὄπίσω 
Opiso 
Usage: 20

παρακολουθέω 
Parakoloutheo 
Usage: 3

ποίμνη 
Poimne 
Usage: 3

συμμιμητής 
Summimetes 
Usage: 1

συνακολουθέω 
sunakoloutheo 
Usage: 2

τριάκοντα 
Triakonta 
Usage: 7

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