'Foolish' in the Bible

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;

Because what seems foolish in God is wiser than men; and what seems feeble in God is stronger than men.

But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong;

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.

Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be 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 man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again:

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

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

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.

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 put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.

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.

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.

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.

O foolish Galatians, by what strange powers have you been tricked, to whom it was made clear that Jesus Christ was put to death on the cross?

Are you so foolish? having made a start in the Spirit, will you now be made complete in the flesh?

And let there be no low behaviour, or foolish talk, or words said in sport, which are not right, but in place of them the giving of praise.

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.

For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

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 those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction.

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,

And put away foolish and uncontrolled questionings, seeing that they are a cause of trouble.

For these are they who go secretly into houses, making prisoners of foolish women, weighted down with sin, turned from the way by their evil 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 in the past we were foolish, hard in heart, turned from the true way, servants of evil desires and pleasures, living in bad feeling and envy, hated and hating one another.

But have nothing to do with foolish questionings, and lists of generations, and fights and arguments about the law; for they are of no profit and foolish.

Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?

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:

Being conscious that you have been made free from that foolish way of life which was your heritage from your fathers, not through a payment of things like silver or gold which come to destruction,

Because it is God's pleasure that foolish and narrow-minded men may be put to shame by your good behaviour: