25 occurrences

'Foolish' in the Bible

And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the 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

For [when] the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take olive oil with them.

Verse ConceptsOlive OilOil For LampsFoolish PeopleNot Equippedboyfriends

And the foolish ones said to the wise ones, 'Give us [some] of your olive oil, because our lamps are going out!'

Verse ConceptsOil For LampsExtinguishingFoolish People

I am under obligation 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 person? Where [is] the scribe? Where [is] the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

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

But the foolish [things] of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the wise, and the weak [things] of the world God chose in order that he might put to shame the strong,

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

I wish that you would put up with me {in something a little foolish}--but indeed you are putting up with me.

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

Again I say, do not let anyone think I am foolish. But indeed, if [you do], accept me even as foolish, in order that I also may boast a little.

Verse ConceptsFoolish PeoplePaul's BoastingBoasting

For [because you] are wise, you put up with foolish people gladly!

Verse ConceptsThe Work Of FoolsPatient PeopleSufferingFools

For if I want to boast, I will not be foolish, because I will be telling the truth, but I am refraining, so that no one can credit to me more than what he sees [in] me or hears anything from me,

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfOverestimationFoolish PeopleSeeing PeoplePaul's Boasting

O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed [as] having been crucified?

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

For from these are those who slip into houses and captivate foolish women loaded down with sins, led by various kinds of desires,

Verse ConceptsLicentiousnessCharacter Of WickedCaptivesHeavy BurdensWeak WomenProblem Peoplevulnerabilityimpulsivenessworms

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