25 occurrences

'Foolish' in the Bible

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

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfFailureComplacencyWicked Described AsThe Insecurity Of The WickedHearing ChristThe Work Of FoolsDoing God's WorksSand And Gravel

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

Verse ConceptsFive PeopleFoolish People

For the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them:

Verse ConceptsOlive OilOil For LampsFoolish PeopleNot Equippedboyfriends

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

Verse ConceptsOil For LampsExtinguishingFoolish People

Ye foolish ones, did not he that made the outside make the inside also?

Verse ConceptsThe Inward BeingFoolish Peopleprepping

I am debtor both to Greeks and to Barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.

Verse ConceptsBarbariansGreeksNecessityPreaching Gospel To ForeignersWise Man Or FoolDebtculture

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

Verse ConceptsPresent Evil AgePride, Examples OfThoughtReasoned ArgumentFalse WisdomFoolishness Of MenQuestioning GodAgemangirlfriendswise

but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

Verse ConceptsMidgetsChosen InstrumentsWeakness, SpiritualSmall Things God UsesFoolishness Of GodFoolishness Of MenShaming PeopleChosen DisciplesWise Man Or FoolMighty in its influenceWeakness

I say again, let no man think me foolish; but if ye do , yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little.

Verse ConceptsFoolish PeoplePaul's BoastingBoasting

For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me to be , or heareth from me.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfOverestimationFoolish PeopleSeeing PeoplePaul's Boasting

I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.

Verse ConceptsCommendationApostles, IdentficationFalse Teachers, Examples OfFoolish PeopleRelative GreatnessFalse ApostlesOutward CompulsionPraising Specific PeopleI Am Unimportant

Bible Theasaurus

Absurd (4 instances)
Extravagant (2 instances)
Foolish (271 instances)
Frivolous (4 instances)
Improper (9 instances)
Inconsistent (5 instances)
Insensate (1 instance)
Irrational (9 instances)

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