'Foolish' in the Bible

But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be in danger of being judged; and he who says to his brother, Raca, will be in danger from the Sanhedrin; and whoever says, You foolish one, will be in danger of the hell of fire.

And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.

Jesus said, "Even after all this, are you still so foolish?

And Jesus, answering, said, O false and foolish generation, how long will I be with you? how long will I put up with you? let him come here to me.

You foolish ones and blind: which is greater, the gold, or the Temple which makes the gold holy?

And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.

He said to them, "Are you so foolish? Don't you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him?

The taking of goods and of life, broken faith between husband and wife, the desire of wealth, wrongdoing, deceit, sins of the flesh, an evil eye, angry words, pride, foolish acts:

You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also?

But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living.

But these words seemed foolish to them, and they had no belief in them.

Then Jesus told them, "O, how foolish you are! How slow you are to believe everything the prophets said!

who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things?

“Men, why are you doing these things? We too are only men of the same nature as you, bringing the good news to you, so that you turn from these useless and meaningless things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them.

Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, "What does this foolish babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods." (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.)

I am obligated both to Greeks and barbarians, both to the wise and the foolish.

Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.

Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,

foolish, faithless, heartless, and ruthless.

An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.

But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

For the word of the cross seems foolish to those who are on the way to destruction; but to us who are on the way to salvation it is the power of God.

Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?

For because, by the purpose of God, the world, with all its wisdom, had not the knowledge of God, it was God's pleasure, by so foolish a thing as preaching, to give salvation to those who had faith in him.

But we give the good news of Christ on the cross, a hard thing to the Jews, and a foolish thing to the Gentiles;

[This is] because the foolishness of God [is not foolishness at all and] is wiser than men [far beyond human comprehension], and the weakness of God is stronger than men [far beyond the limits of human effort].

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.

No one should deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this age, he must become foolish so that he can become wise.

For the wisdom of this world is foolish before God. As it is said in the holy Writings, He who takes the wise in their secret designs:

We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

Foolish one! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.

We would not dare put ourselves in the same class with, or compare ourselves to, those who recommend themselves. Whenever they measure themselves by their own standards or compare themselves among themselves, they show how foolish they are.

I wish that you would put up with me {in something a little foolish}--but indeed you are putting up with me.

Again I say, let no one think me foolish; but if you do, receive me even as foolish, so that I also may boast a little.

What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.

For you, being so wise, tolerate the foolish gladly.

To my shame, I must say, we have been too weak [in comparison to those pseudo-apostles who take advantage of you].But in whatever anyone else dares to boast—I am speaking foolishly—I also dare to boast.

For if I do wish to boast I will not be foolish, for I will be speaking the truth; but I refrain from this, so that no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me.

I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody.

O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

Do not be turned from the right way by foolish words; for because of these things the punishment of God comes on those who do not put themselves under him.

So don’t be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s will is.

So that you may be holy and gentle, children of God without sin in a twisted and foolish generation, among whom you are seen as lights in the world,

And that we may be made free from foolish and evil men; for not all have faith.

From which some have been turned away, giving themselves to foolish talking;

But have nothing to do with unclean and foolish stories. Give yourself training in religion:

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

O Timothy, take good care of that which is given to you, turning away from the wrong and foolish talk and arguments of that knowledge which is falsely so named;

But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,

But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.

For some of these men go into homes and deceive foolish women who are burdened with sins and swayed by all kinds of desires.

But they will go no farther: for their foolish behaviour will be clear to all men, as theirs was in the end.

And shutting their ears to what is true, will be turned away to belief in foolish stories.

For there are men who are not ruled by law; foolish talkers, false teachers, specially those of the circumcision,

For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

Foolish man! Are you willing to learn that faith without works is useless?

How foolish it is to say, Today or tomorrow we will go into this town, and be there for a year and do business there and get wealth:

having known that, not with corruptible things -- silver or gold -- were ye redeemed from your foolish behaviour delivered by fathers,

For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: