79 occurrences

'Foolish' in the Bible

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?

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfPleasureRejection Of Spiritual InstructionFools, Description OfInfidelity To GodFools Becoming WiseBefore People ActHating GoodLoving EvilSimplicitymockers

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.

Verse ConceptsFools, In Teaching Of Jesus ChristFolly, Effects OfComplacencyUnderestimationDeath For Other Reasonsapostasy

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

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Effects OfDeath For Other ReasonsFalling Away From God

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

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfAcquiring WisdomFools Becoming Wise

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

Verse ConceptsWantonnessA Good Womanignorancewoman

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

Verse ConceptsBabblingSpeech, Power And Significance OfThriftTroubleDestructionValuing KnowledgeStoring Other Things

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

Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The RighteousLipsPoverty, SpiritualKind WordsDeath For Other Reasons

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

Verse ConceptsTroubleServanthood, In SocietyWindControlling ParentsFruits Of SinServants Of PeopleInheritanceFamiliesFamily Problems

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

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfForethoughtsGoal SettingValuing Knowledge

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

Verse Conceptsevil, believers' responses toFalse ConfidenceRashnessReverence, And ObedienceFools, Characteristics OfRash Peopleshunning

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

Verse ConceptsAngerAggressionShrewdnessTemperAnger In Christian LivingAnger ManagementQuick Tempered

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

Verse ConceptsPrudenceValuing Knowledge

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

Verse ConceptsWisdom Gives Wealth

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

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfRenewed HeartAspects Of People Made Known

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

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Effects OfCommendationSpeech, Power And Significance OfSpeech, Positive Aspects OfValuing Knowledge

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

Verse ConceptsLipsIntellectual KnowledgeValuing Knowledge

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

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfStudyKnowledgeSeeking For Abstract ThingsValuing Knowledge

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

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfDestitutesWisdom, Human Importance

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

Verse ConceptsKings Warned AboutArrogance, Characterizes The WickedEleganceLyingUnfitting Things

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

Verse ConceptsFloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking

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.

Verse ConceptsBearsEvil AssociationsMeeting PeopleBereavementFoolsMotherhood

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

Verse ConceptsMoney, Attitudes ToEducationSchoolFoolsinvesting

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

Verse ConceptsFar From HereIn FrontDiscernmentFocusFoolsDirection

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

Verse ConceptsSilenceFoolishnessHow Silence Is WiseFools

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

Verse ConceptsDissipationPromotionSurplusUnfitting ThingsUnsuitable Ruleego

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

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfWasteWorry And StressFoolsAnxiety And Stressspeakingenergy

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

Verse ConceptsBusiness At The GatewayPeople Being SilentWisdom And Guidance

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

Verse ConceptsHarvestSeasonsSummerAccoladesSnowThe Honourable Will Be HonouredUnfitting ThingsFools

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

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfBridlesBackBeatingsWhipsWhippingBinding As Animals

Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

Verse ConceptsFalse WisdomAnsweringFoolsanswers

He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.

Verse ConceptsPursuing ViolenceCutting Off Hands And Feet

The legs of one who has no power of walking are hanging loose; so is a wise saying in the mouth of the foolish.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfLamenessLegsProverbsWise Proverbs

Giving honour to a foolish man is like attempting to keep a stone fixed in a cord.

Verse ConceptsSlingsJoining ThingsThrowing StonesSlinging StonesThe Honourable Will Be Honoured

Like a thorn which goes up into the hand of a man overcome by drink, so is a wise saying in the mouth of a foolish man.

Verse ConceptsProverbsWise Proverbsdrunkards

Like an archer wounding all who go by, is a foolish man overcome by drink.

Verse ConceptsChanceHiringWounds

Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfdogsVomittingSin, Love OfWicked Described AsSinning RepeatedlyFoolspoop

A stone has great weight, and sand is crushing; but the wrath of the foolish is of greater weight than these.

Verse ConceptsMineralsSandProvokingAnger, Characteristic Of FoolsHeavy BurdensSand And GravelUnnamed People Angry With Othersweight

Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfGrindingBricksGrinding People

If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.

Verse ConceptsLawsuitsScoffing

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)

Basic English, produced by Mr C. K. Ogden of the Orthological Institute - public domain