'Folly' in the Bible

Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; and I thy handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.

Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly:

And now, take for yourselves seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, for ye have not spoken of me rightly, like my servant Job.

This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah.

I will hear what God, Jehovah, will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his godly ones: but let them not turn again to folly.

He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.

A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of the foolish proclaimeth folly.

Every prudent man acteth with knowledge; but the foolish layeth open his folly.

The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands.

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way; but the folly of the foolish is deceit.

The simple inherit folly; but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the foolish is folly.

He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of the foolish poureth out folly.

The heart of an intelligent man seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish feedeth on folly.

Folly is joy to him that is void of sense; but a man of understanding regulateth his walk.

Wisdom is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly.

Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly.

He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him.

The folly of man distorteth his way, and his heart is irritated against Jehovah.

Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

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

As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly.

If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him.

And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind.

I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life.

And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what shall the man do that cometh after the king? that which hath already been done.

And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness.

I turned, I and my heart, to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and reason, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness;

Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink and ferment; so a little folly is weightier than wisdom and honour.

folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place.

The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Therefore the Lord will not rejoice in their young men, neither will he have mercy on their fatherless and on their widows; for every one is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still.

And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.

Thy prophets have seen vanity and folly for thee; and they have not revealed thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee burdens of falsehood and causes of expulsion.