8 occurrences

'Foolish' in the Bible

Put up with me if I am a little foolish: but, truly, you do put up with me.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfHope, Nature OfFoolish PeopleBe Patient!patients

I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself.

Verse ConceptsFoolish PeoplePaul's BoastingBoasting

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.

Verse ConceptsFoolish PeoplePeople Lacking AuthorityBoasting

For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.

Verse ConceptsThe Work Of FoolsPatient PeopleSufferingFools

I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same.

Verse ConceptsFoolish PeopleBeing Strongassertiveness

For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfOverestimationFoolish PeopleSeeing PeoplePaul's Boasting

I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the 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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