'Foolish' in the Bible

You did not even let me give a kiss to my sons and my daughters. This was a foolish thing to do.

And Balaam said to the ass, You have made me seem foolish: if only I had a sword in my hand I would put you to death.

Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.

They have given my honour to that which is not God, moving me to wrath with their false worship: I will give their honour to those who are not a people, moving them to wrath by a foolish nation,

And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

Then Saul said, I have done wrong: come back to me, David my son: I will do you no more wrong, because my life was dear to you today truly, I have been foolish and my error is very great.

And the king made a song of grief for Abner and said, Was the death of Abner to be like the death of a foolish man?

And when the ark of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and jumping before the Lord; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

Then David came back to give a blessing to his family. And Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to him and said, How full of glory was the king of Israel today, who let himself be seen uncovered by his servant-girls like a foolish person uncovering himself without shame!

And word came to David, saying, Ahithophel is among those who are joined to Absalom. And David said, O Lord, let the wisdom of Ahithophel be made foolish.

Because of all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, which they did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish acts.

Copying all the evil ways of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, and all the sins he did and made Israel do, moving the Lord, the God of Israel, to wrath by their foolish ways.

And they went against his rules, and the agreement which he made with their fathers, and his laws which he gave them; they gave themselves up to things without sense or value, and became foolish like the nations round them, of whom the Lord had said, Do not as they do.

And when the ark of the agreement of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and playing; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

And certain foolish and good-for-nothing men were joined with him, and made themselves strong against Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and untested and not able to keep them back.

In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.

And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.

For wrath is the cause of death to the foolish, and he who has no wisdom comes to his end through passion.

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.

He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

Truly, you have all seen it yourselves; why then have you become completely foolish?

Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.

I have not taken my seat with foolish persons, and I do not go with false men.

Let them be overcome and put to shame who make attempts to take my soul; let those who would do me damage be turned back and made foolish.

Let those who go after my soul for its destruction have shame and trouble together; let them be turned back and made foolish who take pleasure in my trouble.

For he sees that wise men come to their end, and foolish persons of low behaviour come to destruction together, letting their wealth go to others.

This is the way of the foolish; their silver is for those who come after them, and their children get the pleasure of their gold. (Selah.)

The foolish man has said in his heart, God will not do anything. They are unclean, they have done evil works; there is not one who does good.

O God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is clear to you.

Let those who go after my soul have shame and trouble; let those who have evil designs against me be turned back and made foolish.

As for me, I was foolish, and without knowledge; I was like a beast before you.

I will give ear to the voice of the Lord; for he will say words of peace to his people and to his saints; but let them not go back to their foolish ways.

Give your mind to my words, you who are without wisdom among the people; you foolish men, when will you be wise?

Foolish men, because of their sins, and because of their wrongdoing, are troubled;

The fear of the Lord is the start of knowledge: but the foolish have no use for wisdom and teaching.

How long, you simple ones, will foolish things be dear to you? and pride a delight to the haters of authority? how long will the foolish go on hating knowledge?

For the turning back of the simple from teaching will be the cause of their death, and the peace of the foolish will be their destruction.

The wise will have glory for their heritage, but shame will be the reward of the foolish.

He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

Become expert in reason, O you simple ones; you foolish ones, take training to heart.

The foolish woman is full of noise; she has no sense at all.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his mother.

The wise-hearted man will let himself be ruled, but the man whose talk is foolish will have a fall.

Knowledge is stored up by the wise, but the mouth of the foolish man is a destruction which is near.

Hate is covered up by the lips of the upright man, but he who lets out evil about another is foolish.

The lips of the upright man give food to men, but the foolish come to death for need of sense.

It is sport to the foolish man to do evil, but the man of good sense takes delight in wisdom.

The troubler of his house will have the wind for his heritage, and the foolish will be servant to the wise-hearted.

He who does work on his land will not be short of bread; but he who goes after foolish men is without sense.

The way of the foolish man seems right to him? but the wise man gives ear to suggestions.

A foolish man lets his trouble be openly seen, but a sharp man keeps shame secret.

A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.

Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.

Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe.

Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge.

The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger.

He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

A foolish man puts no value on his father's training; but he who has respect for teaching has good sense.

The lips of the wise keep knowledge, but the heart of the foolish man is not right.

The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man has no respect for his mother.

Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

A word of protest goes deeper into one who has sense than a hundred blows into a foolish man.

It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.

How will money in the hand of the foolish get him wisdom, seeing that he has no sense?

He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.

Wisdom is before the face of him who has sense; but the eyes of the foolish are on the ends of the earth.

A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitter pain to her who gave him birth.

Even the foolish man, when he keeps quiet, is taken to be wise: when his lips are shut he is credited with good sense.

A foolish man has no pleasure in good sense, but only to let what is in his heart come to light.

A foolish man's lips are a cause of fighting, and his mouth makes him open to blows.

The mouth of a foolish man is his destruction, and his lips are a net for his soul.

To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

Material comfort is not good for the foolish; much less for a servant to be put over rulers.

A foolish son is the destruction of his father; and the bitter arguments of a wife are like drops of rain falling without end.

Rods are being made ready for the man of pride, and blows for the back of the foolish.

Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise.

It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war.

There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man.

Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

Say nothing in the hearing of a foolish man, for he will put no value on the wisdom of your words.

Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.

The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.

Like snow in summer and rain when the grain is being cut, so honour is not natural for the foolish.

A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.