68 Bible Verses about Folly, Effects Of

The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.

And said to the son of earth, Lo! the reverence of the Lord, that, is wisdom, and, to avoid evil, is understanding.

The impious hath said in his heart - There is no God! They have acted corruptly, they have done an abominable deed, there is none that doeth good.

I will hear, what GOD - Yahweh - will speak, - For he will bespeak prosperity to his people, And to his men of lovingkindness, And to them who return with their heart unto him.

The beginning of wisdom, is the reverence of Yahweh, Good discretion, have all that do them, His praise, endureth for aye.

Wisdom, in the open place, soundeth forth, in the broadways, she raiseth her voice; At the head of bustling streets, she crieth aloud, - at the openings of the gates in the city - her sayings, she doth utter: - How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and, scoffers, in scoffing, delight them? and, dullards, hate knowledge?read more.
Will ye turn, at my reproof? Lo! I will pour out to you my spirit, I will make known my words to you. Because I called, and ye refused, I stretched out my hand, and no one regarded; But ye dismissed all my counsel, and, to my rebuke, would not yield, I also, at your calamity, will laugh, I will mock, when cometh your dread; When cometh as a crashing your dread, and, your calamity, as a storm-wind, overtaketh, when there come upon you, distress and anguish.

He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge, but, he that hateth reproof, is brutish.

A dullard, delighteth not, in understanding, in nothing save the exposing of his own heart.

For this cause, do not become foolish, but have discernment as to what is the will of the Lord;

A man that is brutish, cannot know, And, dullard, cannot discern this: -

And, I, said, - Only, poor people, are they, - They act foolishly, For they know not the way of Yahweh, the justice of their God!

And the Lord said unto him: Now, ye, the Pharisees, the outside of the cup and of the tray, do make pure; but, your inward part, is full of plunder and wickedness. Simple ones! Did not, he who made the outside, the inside also, make?

Inasmuch as, having come to know God, not, as God, did they glorify him, or give him thanks, but were made fruitless in their reasonings, and darkened was their undiscerning heart,

Simple one! What, thou, sowest, is not quickened, except it die;

But, from the foolish and undisciplined questionings, excuse thyself, knowing that they gender strifes;

But, foolish questionings, and genealogies, and strife, and contentions about matters of law, avoid, for they are unprofitable and vain.

The perverse, by reason of their transgression, and on account of their iniquities, are afflicted;

Hear this, I pray you ye people - foolish and without heart, - Eyes, have they, and see not, Ears, have they, and hear not! Even for me, will ye have no reverence? Enquireth Yahweh, And because of me, will ye not he pained? In that though I placed the sand as a bound to the sea, A decree age-abiding, and it should not pass beyond it, - When they would toss themselves Then should they not prevail, When the waves thereof would roar Then should they not pass beyond it, Yet, this people hath an obstinate and rebellious heart, - They have turned aside, and gone their way;read more.
Neither have they said in their heart, - Let us we pray you, revere Yahweh our God, Who giveth rain, even the early and the latter, in its season, - The appointed weeks of harvest, he reserveth for us. Your iniquities, have thrust away these things, Yea, your sins, have withholden that which is good from you.

He that trusteth his own heart, the same, is a dullard, but, he that walketh wisely, the same, shall be delivered.

He that trusteth in his riches, the same, shall fall, but, like the leaf, shall the righteous break forth.

The way of the foolish, is right in his own eyes, but, he that hearkeneth to counsel, is wise.

There is a way that enticeth a man, but, at the latter end thereof, are the ways of death!

But God said unto him - Simple one! on this very night, they are asking, thy soul, from thee; The things, then, which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

O God, thou, hast known my folly, And, my wrong-doings, from thee, have not been hid.

A prudent man, concealeth knowledge, but, the heart of dullards, proclaimeth folly.

Every prudent man, maketh use of knowledge, but, a dullard, spreadeth folly.

The tongue of the wise, adorneth knowledge, - but, the month of dullards, belcheth out folly.

But they shall not force their way further, for, their folly, shall be, fully evident, unto all, - as also, that of those men, became.

The wisdom of the prudent, is to understand his way, but, the folly of dullards, is a fraud.

The simple, believeth every word, but, the prudent, looketh well to his going.

And saw among the simple ones, discerned among the youths, A young man lacking sense; Passing through the street, near her corner, and, on the way to her house, he sauntered along; In the twilight, in the evening of the day, in the midst of the night, and the gloom;read more.
And lo! a woman, came to meet him, attired as one unchaste, of a wily heart. Boisterous, is she, and rebellious, In her house, abide not her feet; Now outside, now in the broadways, and, near every corner, she lieth in wait: So she caught him, and kissed him, and, embolding her face, she said to him: Peace-offerings, are by me, to-day, have I paid my vows; For this cause, came I forth to meet thee, to seek diligently thy face, and I have found thee: Coverlets, have I spread on my couch of pleasure, dark-hued stuffs, of the yarn of Egypt; I have sprinkled my bed, with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon: Come! let us take our fill of endearments, until morning, let us delight ourselves with caresses; For the husband is not in his house, he hath gone on a journey afar; A bag of silver, hath he taken in his hand, On the day of the full moon, will he enter his house. She turneth him aside, with her great persuasiveness, - with the flattery of her lips, she compelleth him: Going after her instantly, as an ox, to the slaughter, he entereth, and, as in fetters, unto the correction of a fool. Until an arrow cleaveth his liver, as a bird hasteth into a snare, and knoweth not, that, for his life, it is!

The woman Stupidity, is boisterous, so simple that she knoweth not what she would do; So she sitteth at the entrance of her house, upon a seat, in the heights of the city; To invite them who pass by the way, who are going straight on in their paths:read more.
Whoso is simple, let him turn aside hither, and, as for him that lacketh sense, she saith to him: Stolen waters, will be sweet, - and a secret meal, will be pleasant; But he knoweth not, that the shades are there; In the depths of hades, are her guests.

So then, Ephraim, hath become, like a simple dove, having no understanding, on Egypt, have they called, to Assyria, have they gone,

O thoughtless Galatians! who hath bewitched you, - before whose very eyes, Jesus Christ, was openly set forth as a crucified one?

A prudent man, seeth calamity, and hideth himself, but, the simple, pass on, and suffer.

But, as they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came; and, they who were ready, went in with him, into the marriage-feast, and, the door was locked.

For, the turning away of the simple, will slay them, - and, the carelessness of dullards, will destroy them.

He, shall die, for lack of discipline, and, by the abounding of his perversity, shall he be lost.

The wise in heart, will accept commandments, but, he that is foolish with his lips, shall be thrust away.

But, they who are determined to be rich, fall into temptation, and a snare, and many foolish and hurtful covetings, the which, sink men into ruin and destruction, -

Honour, shall the wise inherit, - but, as for dullards, shame shall carry them away.

He that answereth before he heareth, a folly, it is to him, and, a reproach.

The fashioners of an image - all of them, are emptiness, And, the things they delight in, cannot profit, - And, their, witnesses, they, neither see nor know, That they may be ashamed.

Ashamed are the wise, dismayed and captured! Lo! the word of Yahweh, have they rejected, And, what wisdom, have, they?

A vexation to his father, is the son that is a dullard, and a bitterness, to her that bare him.

The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise son, maketh a glad father, but, a foolish son, is the grief of his mother.

A wise son, maketh a glad father, - but, a dullard, despiseth his own mother.

He that begetteth a dullard, it is to his own grief, neither can the father of the base, rejoice.

A well-spring of life, is discretion to its owner, but, the correction of the foolish, is folly.

My wounds are of bad odour - they have festered, by reason of my folly:

the lips of a dullard, enter into contention, and his mouth, for blows, crieth out.

A whip for the horse, a bridle a for the ass, and a rod for the back of dullards.

And there shall be there, a raised way - even a high road, And the Highroad of Holiness, shall it be called, There shall not pass over it one who is unclean; But He Himself, shall be one of them travelling the road, And the perverse, shall not stray thereinto .

But, as they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came; and, they who were ready, went in with him, into the marriage-feast, and, the door was locked. But, afterwards, came the other virgins also, saying - Lord! Lord! open unto us! And, he, answering, said - Verily, I say unto you, I know you not.

Though thou pound a fool in a mortar, amidst grain, with a pestle, his folly, will not depart from him.

The heart of the intelligent, seeketh knowledge, but, the mouth of dullards, feedeth on folly.

As, a dog, returneth onto his own vomit, a dullard, repeateth his folly.

Then said Aaron unto Moses, - Oh my lord, do not I beseech thee lay upon us sin, although we have made ourselves foolish, and although we have sinned.

Now, therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go unto my servant Job, and ye shall offer up an ascending-sacrifice in your own behalf, and, Job my servant, shall pray over you, - for, him, will I accept, that I may not deal out to you disgrace, because ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.

For, even we, used, at one time, to be - thoughtless, unyielding, deceived, in servitude unto manifold covetings and pleasures, in malice and envy, leading on, detestable, hating one another. But, when, the graciousness and affection for man of our Saviour God, shone forth, Not by works which we had done in righteousness, but, according to his mercy, he saved us - through means of the bathing of a new birth, and the moulding anew of Holy Spirit. -

The scoffer, thou shalt smite, and, the simple, will beware, but correct a man of intelligence - he will understand teaching.

When the scoffer is punished, the simple, becometh wise, when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.

Foolishness, is bound up in the heart of a youth, the rod of correction, shall drive it far from him.

A rod with rebuke, giveth wisdom, but, a youth unrestrained, bringeth shame to his mother.

Understand, ye simple ones, shrewdness, and, ye dullards understand sense;

In the heart of the intelligent, reposeth wisdom, but, in the midst of dullards, it maketh itself known.

Then will they who erred in spirit comprehend, And the murmurers, accept instruction.

A trainer of the simple, a teacher of babes, having the forming of knowledge and truth in the law, -