39 occurrences

'Foolish' in the Bible

And Aaron saith unto Moses, 'O, my lord, I pray thee, lay not upon us sin in which we have been foolish, and in which we have sinned;

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsFolly, Effects OfConfession, Examples OfAaron, Character

They have made Me zealous by 'no-god,' They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them zealous by 'no-people,' By a foolish nation I make them angry.

Verse ConceptsGod, Zeal OfVanityFoolish PeopleWhat Is Not GodMaking Israel Jealous

lo, my daughter, the virgin, and his concubine, let me bring them out, I pray you, and humble ye them, and do to them that which is good in your eyes, and to this man do not this foolish thing.'

Verse ConceptsdaughtersGirlsVirginAbusemistressharassmentvirginity

And Samuel saith unto Saul, 'Thou hast been foolish; thou hast not kept the command of Jehovah thy God, which He commanded thee, for now had Jehovah established thy kingdom over Israel unto the age;

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

and David declared, saying, 'Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom;' and David saith, 'Make foolish, I pray Thee, the counsel of Ahithophel, O Jehovah.'

Verse ConceptsadvisersConspiraciesFoolish PeopleNamed Individuals Who PrayedConspiracy

for Jehovah -- His eyes go to and fro in all the earth, to show Himself strong for a people whose heart is perfect towards Him; thou hast been foolish concerning this, because -- henceforth there are with thee wars.'

Verse ConceptsCommitmentGod, Human Descriptions OfFaultsFace Of Godevil, believers' responses toCommitment, to GodGod, Present EverywhereVisionWatchfulness, DivineHelp From GodGod, All knowingEyesBeing Devoted to GodEarthSupport

And he saith unto her, 'As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsIntegrityTemptation, ResistingAcceptance, Of InstructionResignationTemptressesCounted As FoolsGod Can Harm PeoplePeople Who Did RightOvercoming Hard TimesTragedyHardshipOvercoming Adversity

Causing counsellors to go away a spoil, And judges He maketh foolish.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfGod's Attitude To FoolsWisdomFools

Those trusting on their wealth, And in the multitude of their riches, Do shew themselves foolish.

Verse ConceptsRich, TheStrength, HumanMaterialismCharacter Of WickedFalse ConfidenceTrusting RichesSatisfied With Riches

Remember this -- an enemy reproached Jehovah, And a foolish people have despised Thy name.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodInsultsFools, Description OfFools Attitude To God

Consider, ye brutish among the people, And ye foolish, when do ye act wisely?

Verse ConceptsWatchfulness, Of BelieversFoolsatheism

A foolish woman is noisy, Simple, and hath not known what.

Verse ConceptsWantonnessA Good Womanignorancewoman

If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things -- with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfGrindingBricksGrinding People

A wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.

Verse ConceptsLawsuitsScoffing

If thou hast been foolish in lifting up thyself, And if thou hast devised evil -- hand to mouth!

Verse ConceptsPlansHow Silence Is WiseSeeking Honour

Of laughter I said, 'Foolish!' and of mirth, 'What is this it is doing?'

Verse ConceptsAmusements, Evil ResultsStudying InsanityFun

And who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also is vanity.

Verse ConceptsUseless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

Foolish have been princes of Zoan, Lifted up have been princes of Noph, And they have caused Egypt to err, The chief of her tribes.

Verse ConceptsCornerstoneMemphisFoolish PeopleStrong Delusion

Making void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.

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

And I -- I said, 'Surely these are poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.

Verse ConceptsFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Effects OfPoverty, SpiritualMoral BankruptcySpiritual IgnorancePoor PeopleCounted As Fools

Hear ye, I pray you, this, O people, foolish and without heart, Eyes they have, and they see not, Ears they have, and they hear not.

Verse ConceptsIndifferenceNot Seeing Spiritual ThingsGod's Attitude To FoolsUnhearing

And in one they are brutish and foolish, An instruction of vanities is the tree itself.

Verse ConceptsFutilityFools, Characteristics OfFolly, Examples OfVanityFoolishness Of Mendoctrine

And they have drunk, and shaken themselves and shewn themselves foolish, because of the sword that I am sending among them.

Verse ConceptsStaggeringGod Making Drunk

A sword is on the princes, And they have become foolish; A sword is on her mighty ones, And they have been broken down;

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfGod's Attitude To Fools

Thus said the Lord Jehovah: Woe unto the prophets who are foolish, Who are going after their own spirit, And they have seen nothing.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfSpirit, Nature OfNo VisionsFalse Prophets Denouncedimaginationprophets

And Jehovah saith unto me, 'Again take to thee the instrument of a foolish shepherd.

Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfThe Work Of FoolsStock Keeping

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