'Foolish' in the Bible
Is this how you repay the Lord,you foolish and senseless people?Isn’t He your Father and Creator?Didn’t He make you and sustain you?
They have provoked My jealousywith their so-called gods;they have enraged Me with their worthless idols.So I will provoke their jealousywith an inferior people;I will enrage them with a foolish nation.
Samuel said to Saul, “You have been foolish. You have not kept the command which the Lord your God gave you. It was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel,
David’s conscience troubled him after he had taken a census of the troops. He said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly in what I’ve done. Now, Lord, because I’ve been very foolish, please take away Your servant’s guilt.”
David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now, please take away Your servant’s guilt, for I’ve been very foolish.”
For the eyes of Yahweh roam throughout the earth to show Himself strong for those whose hearts are completely His. You have been foolish in this matter. Therefore, you will have wars from now on.”
“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.
For one can see that wise men die;foolish and stupid men also pass away.Then they leave their wealth to others.
Remember this: the enemy has mocked Yahweh,and a foolish people has insulted Your name.
I will listen to what God will say;surely the Lord will declare peaceto His people, His godly ones,and not let them go back to foolish ways.
It is foolish to spread a netwhere any bird can see it,
“How long, foolish ones, will you love ignorance?How long will you mockers enjoy mockingand you fools hate knowledge?
Learn to be shrewd, you who are inexperienced;develop common sense, you who are foolish.
Solomon’s proverbs:A wise son brings joy to his father,but a foolish son, heartache to his mother.
A wise heart accepts commands,but foolish lips will be destroyed.
A sly wink of the eye causes grief,and foolish lips will be destroyed.
A shrewd person conceals knowledge,but a foolish heart publicizes stupidity.
Every wise woman builds her house,but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Stay away from a foolish man;you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
A wise son brings joy to his father,but a foolish man despises his mother.
A foolish son is grief to his fatherand bitterness to the one who bore him.
A foolish son is his father’s ruin,and a wife’s nagging is an endless dripping.
Precious treasure and oil are in the dwelling of a wise person,but a foolish man consumes them.
A foolish scheme is sin,and a mocker is detestable to people.
A sensible person sees danger and takes cover;the inexperienced keep going and are punished.
If you have been foolish by exalting yourselfor if you’ve been scheming,put your hand over your mouth.
Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer pays attention to warnings.
Don’t be excessively wicked, and don’t be foolish. Why should you die before your time?
“For My people are fools;they do not know Me.They are foolish children,without understanding.They are skilled in doing what is evil,but they do not know how to do what is good.”
Hear this,you foolish and senseless people.They have eyes, but they don’t see.They have ears, but they don’t hear.
They are both stupid and foolish,instructed by worthless idolsmade of wood!
This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing.
The Lord also said to me: “Take the equipment of a foolish shepherd.