'Unwise' in the Bible
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
“Does the ear not put words to the test,Just as the palate tastes its food [distinguishing between the desirable and the undesirable]?
How you have counseled the unwiseand thoroughly explained the path to success!
For they made his spirit bitter, and he said unwise things.
The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.
Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.
The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.
Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.
He who has an unwise son gets sorrow for himself, and the father of a foolish son has no joy.
Be not unwise with your mouth, and let not your heart be quick to say anything before God, because God is in heaven and you are on the earth--so let not the number of your words be great.
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
He said to them, “How unwise and slow you are to believe in your hearts all that the prophets have spoken!
So then, because these things may not be doubted, it would be better for you to be quiet, and do nothing unwise.
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
unwise! thou -- what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;
Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk—not as unwise people but as wise—
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.