33 occurrences

'Foolish' in the Bible

Then Samuel said to Saul, "You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed the commandment that the Lord your God gave you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples Ofevil, believers' responses toStabilityThey Do Not Keep Commandssaul

My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means 'fool,' and he is indeed foolish! But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfFoolish PeoplePeople With Apt Names

But she said to him, "No, my brother! Don't humiliate me! This just isn't done in Israel! Don't do this foolish thing!

Verse ConceptsFoolish People

Now David had been told, "Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed, "Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O Lord!"

Verse ConceptsadvisersConspiraciesFoolish PeopleNamed Individuals Who PrayedConspiracy

My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfFoolish PeopleWoundsMental Illnesscorruption

Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name!

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodInsultsFools, Description OfFools Attitude To God

I will listen to what God the Lord says. For he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers. Yet they must not return to their foolish ways.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfApostasy, Personal WarningsPeace, Divine In OtSaintsSpiritual PeacePaying Attention To GodPeace And StrengthPromisesspeakingpeople

Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding."

Verse ConceptsSpiritual ImmaturityEvil AssociationsFools Becoming WisePeople Abandoning PeopleLife By Wisdom

A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated.

Verse ConceptsAngerAggressionShrewdnessTemperAnger In Christian LivingAnger ManagementQuick Tempered

If a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs.

Verse ConceptsLawsuitsScoffing

So I decided to discern the benefit of wisdom and knowledge over foolish behavior and ideas; however, I concluded that even this endeavor is like trying to chase the wind!

Verse ConceptsStudying InsanityUseless Endeavour

Next, I decided to consider wisdom, as well as foolish behavior and ideas. For what more can the king's successor do than what the king has already done?

Verse ConceptsStudying InsanityNature Of Kings

At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness,

Verse ConceptsVain TalkBeginning And EndPeople Acting Madly

who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish,

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfIntelligenceWisdom, Source Of HumanThe Vanity Of Human KnowledgeFalse WisdomFrustrationCounted As Fools

The Lord answered, "This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good."

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfChildishnessGod, Revelation OfGood WorksKnowing God, Effects OfSkillWisdom, Human ImportanceDullnessNot Knowing HowFoolishness Of MenSkilled PeopleWorldly WisdomGood Children

Tell them: 'Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:

Verse ConceptsIndifferenceNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsGod's Attitude To FoolsUnhearing

The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!

Verse ConceptsFutilityFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfVanityFoolishness Of Mendoctrine

This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing!

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfSpirit, Nature OfNo VisionsFalse Prophets Denouncedimaginationprophets

Again the Lord said to me, "Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfThe Work Of FoolsStock Keeping

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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