17 occurrences

'Foolish' in the Bible

"Everyone who keeps on hearing these messages of mine and never puts them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

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

Now five of them were foolish, and five were wise,

Verse ConceptsFive PeopleFoolish People

because when the foolish ones took their lamps, they didn't take any oil with them.

Verse ConceptsOlive OilOil For LampsFoolish PeopleNot Equippedboyfriends

"But the foolish ones told the wise, "Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out!'

Verse ConceptsOil For LampsExtinguishingFoolish People

Both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to foolish people, I am a debtor.

Verse ConceptsBarbariansGreeksNecessityPreaching Gospel To ForeignersWise Man Or FoolDebtculture

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.

Verse ConceptsSelf DeceptionThoughtComparingBeing Without UnderstandingCommending OneselfCompetitionmeasurement

You foolish Galatians! Who put you under a spell? Was not Jesus the Messiah clearly portrayed before your very eyes as having been crucified?

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfLast JudgmentBad ExampleFoolishness Of MenAvoid SorceryChrist Was KilledSignificance Of Christ's Crucifixion

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

Verse ConceptsLicentiousnessCharacter Of WickedCaptivesHeavy BurdensWeak WomenProblem Peoplevulnerabilityimpulsivenessworms

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Absurd (4 instances)
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Irrational (9 instances)

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