Thematic Bible: Folly
Thematic Bible
Folly » Of men » General references to
As dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink, so also does a little foolishness to one's reputation of wisdom and honor.
Verse Concepts
The wisdom of the prudent helps him know how to live, but a fool's stupidity deceives him.
Verse Concepts
A dog that returns to its vomit is like a fool who reverts to his folly.
Verse Concepts
This is the fate of those who are foolish and of those who correct their words after they speak. Interlude
Verse Concepts
A discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on stupidity.
Verse Concepts
Whoever answers before listening is both foolish and shameful.
Verse Concepts
I concluded that wisdom is more useful than foolishness, just as light is more useful than darkness.
Verse Concepts
Folly » Of men » Revealed
But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those two men, their stupidity will be plain to everyone.
Verse Concepts
Too many worries lead to nightmares, and a fool is known from talking too much.
Verse Concepts
A prudent man keeps what he knows to himself, but the hearts of fools shout forth their foolishness.
Verse Concepts
The wise speak, presenting knowledge appropriately, but fools spout foolishness.
Verse Concepts
A fool finds no satisfaction in trying to understand, for he would rather express his own opinion.
Verse Concepts
Furthermore, the way a fool lives shows he has no sense; he proclaims to everyone that he's a fool.
Verse Concepts
Folly » Witnesses, two or thee required » Disciples and early Christians as
You are witnesses of these things.
Verse Concepts
We are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep on obeying him."
Verse Concepts
and for many days he appeared to those who had come with him to Jerusalem from Galilee. These are now his witnesses to the people.
Verse Concepts
When we told you about the power and coming of our Lord Jesus, the Messiah, we did not follow any clever myths. Rather, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Verse Concepts
just as they were passed down to us by those who had been eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning,
Verse Concepts
beginning when he was baptized by John until the day he was taken up from us. Therefore, someone like this must become a witness with us to his resurrection."
Verse Concepts
We are witnesses of everything Jesus did in the land of the Jews, including Jerusalem.
Verse Concepts
Therefore, as a fellow elder, a witness of the Messiah's sufferings, and one who shares in the glory to be revealed, I appeal to the elders among you:
Verse Concepts
Folly » What is folly
Whoever answers before listening is both foolish and shameful.
Verse Concepts
those who put confidence in their wealth and boast about their great riches? No man can redeem the life of another, nor can he give to God a sufficient payment for him for it would cost too much to redeem his life, and the payments would go on forever read more.
that he should go on living and not see corruption. Indeed, he will see wise people die; the stupid and the senseless will meet their doom and leave their wealth to others. Their inner thoughts are on their homes forever; their dwellings from generation to generation. They even name their lands after themselves. But humanity cannot last, despite its conceit; it will pass away just like the animals. This is the fate of those who are foolish and of those who correct their words after they speak. Interlude
that he should go on living and not see corruption. Indeed, he will see wise people die; the stupid and the senseless will meet their doom and leave their wealth to others. Their inner thoughts are on their homes forever; their dwellings from generation to generation. They even name their lands after themselves. But humanity cannot last, despite its conceit; it will pass away just like the animals. This is the fate of those who are foolish and of those who correct their words after they speak. Interlude
The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the stupidity of fools is just that stupidity!
Verse Concepts
Anyone who has understanding is a fountain of life, but foolishness brings punishment to fools.
Verse Concepts
Folly » Who returns to their folly
A dog that returns to its vomit is like a fool who reverts to his folly.
Verse Concepts
Now there were false prophets among the people, just as there also will be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies and even deny the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many people will follow their immoral ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned. In their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. The ancient verdict against them is still in force, and their destruction is not delayed. read more.
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but threw them into the lowest hell and imprisoned them in chains of deepest darkness, holding them for judgment; and if he did not spare the ancient world but protected Noah, a righteous preacher, along with seven others when he brought the flood on the world of ungodly people; and if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and destroyed them by burning them to ashes, making them an example to ungodly people of what is going to happen to them; and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man who was greatly distressed by the immoral conduct of lawless people for as long as that righteous man lived among them, day after day he was being tortured in his righteous soul by what he saw and heard in their lawless actions then the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials and to hold unrighteous people for punishment on the day of judgment, especially those who satisfy their flesh by indulging in its passions and who despise authority. Being bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to slander glorious beings. Yet even angels, although they are greater in strength and power, do not bring a slanderous accusation against them from the Lord. These people, like irrational animals, are mere creatures of instinct that are born to be caught and killed. They insult what they don't understand, and like animals they, too, will be destroyed, suffering harm as punishment for their wrongdoing. They take pleasure in wild parties in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceitful pleasures while they eat with you. With eyes full of adultery, they cannot get enough of sin. They seduce unsteady souls and have had their hearts expertly trained in greed. They are doomed to a curse. They have left the straight path and wandered off to follow the path of Bosor's son Balaam, who loved the reward he got for doing wrong. But he was rebuked for his offense. A donkey that normally cannot talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet's insanity. These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them. By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error. Promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves to depravity, for a person is a slave to whatever conquers him. For if, after escaping the world's corruptions through a full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah, they are again entangled and conquered by those corruptions, then their last condition is worse than their former one. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and turn their backs on the holy commandment that was committed to them. The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud."
For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but threw them into the lowest hell and imprisoned them in chains of deepest darkness, holding them for judgment; and if he did not spare the ancient world but protected Noah, a righteous preacher, along with seven others when he brought the flood on the world of ungodly people; and if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah and destroyed them by burning them to ashes, making them an example to ungodly people of what is going to happen to them; and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man who was greatly distressed by the immoral conduct of lawless people for as long as that righteous man lived among them, day after day he was being tortured in his righteous soul by what he saw and heard in their lawless actions then the Lord knows how to rescue godly people from their trials and to hold unrighteous people for punishment on the day of judgment, especially those who satisfy their flesh by indulging in its passions and who despise authority. Being bold and arrogant, they are not afraid to slander glorious beings. Yet even angels, although they are greater in strength and power, do not bring a slanderous accusation against them from the Lord. These people, like irrational animals, are mere creatures of instinct that are born to be caught and killed. They insult what they don't understand, and like animals they, too, will be destroyed, suffering harm as punishment for their wrongdoing. They take pleasure in wild parties in broad daylight. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceitful pleasures while they eat with you. With eyes full of adultery, they cannot get enough of sin. They seduce unsteady souls and have had their hearts expertly trained in greed. They are doomed to a curse. They have left the straight path and wandered off to follow the path of Bosor's son Balaam, who loved the reward he got for doing wrong. But he was rebuked for his offense. A donkey that normally cannot talk spoke with a human voice and restrained the prophet's insanity. These men are dried-up springs, mere clouds driven by a storm. Gloomy darkness is reserved for them. By talking high-sounding nonsense and using sinful cravings of the flesh, they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error. Promising them freedom, they themselves are slaves to depravity, for a person is a slave to whatever conquers him. For if, after escaping the world's corruptions through a full knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus, the Messiah, they are again entangled and conquered by those corruptions, then their last condition is worse than their former one. It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and turn their backs on the holy commandment that was committed to them. The proverb is true that describes what has happened to them: "A dog returns to its vomit," and "A pig that is washed goes back to wallow in the mud."
Folly » A little folly for those who have a good reputation
As dead flies cause the perfumer's ointment to stink, so also does a little foolishness to one's reputation of wisdom and honor.
Verse Concepts
Folly » Whose folly shall be made manifest
For some of these men go into homes and deceive foolish women who are burdened with sins and swayed by all kinds of desires. These women are always studying but are never able to arrive at a full knowledge of the truth. Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and their faith is a counterfeit. read more.
But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those two men, their stupidity will be plain to everyone.
But they will not get very far because, as in the case of those two men, their stupidity will be plain to everyone.
Folly » Who lays open their folly
Every sensible person acts from knowledge, but a fool demonstrates folly.
Verse Concepts
Folly » Who enjoys folly
Stupidity is the delight of the senseless, but an understanding man walks uprightly.
Verse Concepts
Folly » Who exalts folly
Being slow to get angry compares to great understanding as being quick-tempered compares to stupidity.
Verse Concepts
Folly » Who inherits folly
The naive inherit folly, but the careful are crowned with knowledge.
Verse Concepts
Folly » The folly of fools
The wisdom of the prudent helps him know how to live, but a fool's stupidity deceives him.
Verse Concepts
greed » Results of » Folly
As a partridge gathers together eggs that it didn't lay, so is a person who amasses wealth unjustly. In the middle of his life it will leave him, and in the end he will prove to be a fool."
Verse Concepts