Thematic Bible: Folly
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Folly » Of men » General references to
Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
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The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.
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Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.
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This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah
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The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
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If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
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Then I saw that there is more gain in wisdom than in folly, as there is more gain in light than in darkness.
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Folly » Of men » Revealed
But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
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For a dream comes with much business, and a fool's voice with many words.
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A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims folly.
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The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouths of fools pour out folly.
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A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in expressing his opinion.
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Even when the fool walks on the road, he lacks sense, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
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Folly » Witnesses, two or thee required » Disciples and early Christians as
You are witnesses of these things.
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And we are witnesses to these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."
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and for many days he appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
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For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
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just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us,
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beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us--one of these men must become with us a witness to his resurrection."
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And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree,
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So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed:
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Folly » What is folly
If one gives an answer before he hears, it is his folly and shame.
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those who trust in their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches? Truly no man can ransom another, or give to God the price of his life, for the ransom of their life is costly and can never suffice, read more.
that he should live on forever and never see the pit. For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others. Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names. Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish. This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah
that he should live on forever and never see the pit. For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish and leave their wealth to others. Their graves are their homes forever, their dwelling places to all generations, though they called lands by their own names. Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish. This is the path of those who have foolish confidence; yet after them people approve of their boasts. Selah
The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the folly of fools brings folly.
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Good sense is a fountain of life to him who has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.
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Folly » Who returns to their folly
Like a dog that returns to his vomit is a fool who repeats his folly.
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But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. And in their greed they will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. read more.
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones, whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord. But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction, suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you. They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children! Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing, but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness. These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. What the true proverb says has happened to them: "The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire."
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to chains of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgment; if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a herald of righteousness, with seven others, when he brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; if by turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, making them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly; and if he rescued righteous Lot, greatly distressed by the sensual conduct of the wicked (for as that righteous man lived among them day after day, he was tormenting his righteous soul over their lawless deeds that he saw and heard); then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment until the day of judgment, and especially those who indulge in the lust of defiling passion and despise authority. Bold and willful, they do not tremble as they blaspheme the glorious ones, whereas angels, though greater in might and power, do not pronounce a blasphemous judgment against them before the Lord. But these, like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed, blaspheming about matters of which they are ignorant, will also be destroyed in their destruction, suffering wrong as the wage for their wrongdoing. They count it pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, while they feast with you. They have eyes full of adultery, insatiable for sin. They entice unsteady souls. They have hearts trained in greed. Accursed children! Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray. They have followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved gain from wrongdoing, but was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness. These are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm. For them the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved. For, speaking loud boasts of folly, they entice by sensual passions of the flesh those who are barely escaping from those who live in error. They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than after knowing it to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them. What the true proverb says has happened to them: "The dog returns to its own vomit, and the sow, after washing herself, returns to wallow in the mire."
Folly » A little folly for those who have a good reputation
Dead flies make the perfumer's ointment give off a stench; so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor.
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Folly » Whose folly shall be made manifest
For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men corrupted in mind and disqualified regarding the faith. read more.
But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
But they will not get very far, for their folly will be plain to all, as was that of those two men.
Folly » Who lays open their folly
In everything the prudent acts with knowledge, but a fool flaunts his folly.
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Folly » Who enjoys folly
Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding walks straight ahead.
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Folly » Who exalts folly
Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly.
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Folly » Who inherits folly
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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Folly » The folly of fools
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deceiving.
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greed » Results of » Folly
Like the partridge that gathers a brood that she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by justice; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.
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