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It is the antithesis of wisdom, which is highly valued in Scripture. Folly is not merely intellectual deficiency but is deeply rooted in moral and spiritual failings. It is a condition of the heart and mind that leads individuals away from God's truth and righteousness.<br><br><b>Biblical References and Themes:</b><br><br>1. <b>Proverbs on Folly:</b> <br> The Book of Proverbs extensively contrasts wisdom and folly. <a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a> states, "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline." This verse highlights that folly is a rejection of divine wisdom and discipline. <a href="/proverbs/14.htm">Proverbs 14:1</a> further illustrates, "The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down," indicating that folly leads to destruction and chaos.<br><br>2. <b>Folly as Moral and Spiritual Blindness:</b> <br> In the biblical narrative, folly is often depicted as a moral and spiritual blindness. <a href="/psalms/14.htm">Psalm 14:1</a> declares, "The fool says in his heart, 'There is no God.' They are corrupt; their acts are vile. There is no one who does good." This verse underscores that folly is not just ignorance but a willful denial of God, leading to corrupt behavior.<br><br>3. <b>Consequences of Folly:</b> <br> The consequences of folly are severe and manifold. <a href="/proverbs/10-23.htm">Proverbs 10:23</a> states, "The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom." This suggests that folly results in shame and dishonor. Additionally, <a href="/proverbs/19-3.htm">Proverbs 19:3</a> warns, "A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD." Here, folly is shown to lead to self-destruction and misplaced blame on God.<br><br>4. <b>Folly in Ecclesiastes:</b> <br> The Book of Ecclesiastes provides a reflective view on folly, often contrasting it with the pursuit of wisdom. <a href="/ecclesiastes/10.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:1</a> notes, "As dead flies bring a stench to the perfumer’s oil, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor." This metaphor illustrates how even a small amount of folly can tarnish one's reputation and achievements.<br><br>5. <b>Folly in the New Testament:</b> <br> The New Testament continues to address folly, particularly in the context of spiritual discernment and the rejection of the Gospel. In <a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">1 Corinthians 1:18</a> , Paul writes, "For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God." This highlights that what is perceived as folly by the world is, in fact, divine wisdom and power.<br><br>6. <b>Folly and the Foolish Builder:</b> <br> Jesus uses the parable of the wise and foolish builders in <a href="/matthew/7-24.htm">Matthew 7:24-27</a> to illustrate the folly of not acting on His words. The foolish builder constructs his house on sand, leading to its collapse, symbolizing the inevitable downfall of those who ignore Christ's teachings.<br><br><b>Practical Implications:</b> <br>Folly, as depicted in Scripture, serves as a warning against the rejection of God's wisdom and guidance. It calls believers to seek understanding and discernment through a relationship with God, emphasizing the importance of aligning one's life with divine principles. The biblical portrayal of folly encourages a pursuit of wisdom, which begins with the fear of the Lord and is manifested in righteous living.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman, wantonness.<p>4. (<I>n.</I>) The result of a foolish action or enterprise.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">FOOL; FOLLY</span><p>fool nabhal, 'ewil, kecil, cakhal and forms; aphron, aphrosune, moros):<br><br>I. In the Old Testament.<br><br>1. General:<br><br>Taking the words generally, apart from the Wisdom literature, we find nabhal frequently translated "fool" and nebhalah, "folly"; nabhal, however, denotes a wicked person, an evil character, "shamelessly immoral," equivalent to "a son of Belial" (Cheyne), rather than a merely "foolish" person, and nebhalah, "wickedness," "shameless impropriety," rather than simple folly. We have almost a definition of nabhal in <a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm">Isaiah 32:6</a>: "For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profaneness, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail." Abigail described her husband, Nabhal, as "a son of Belial" (the Revised Version (British and American) "worthless fellow"), "for as his name is, so is he" (<a href="/1_samuel/25-25.htm">1 Samuel 25:25</a>), and what we read of him bears out this character. Other occurrences of the words support the above meaning; they are generally associated with some form of wickedness, frequently with base and unnatural lewdness (<a href="/genesis/34-7.htm">Genesis 34:7</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-21.htm">Deuteronomy 22:21</a> <a href="/joshua/7-15.htm">Joshua 7:15</a> <a href="/judges/19-23.htm">Judges 19:23, 14</a>; <a href="/judges/20-6.htm">Judges 20:6, 10</a> <a href="/2_samuel/13-12.htm">2 Samuel 13:12</a>). When in <a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Psalm 14:1</a>; <a href="/psalms/53-1.htm">Psalm 53:1</a> it is said, "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God," it is followed by the statement, "They are corrupt, they have done abominable works," showing that more than "folly" is implied. In <a href="/isaiah/32-5.htm">Isaiah 32:5, 6</a> the King James Version nabhal is translated "vile person" and nebhalah "villany," the Revised Version (British and American) "fool" and "folly," <a href="/jeremiah/29-23.htm">Jeremiah 29:23</a>; halal, implying loud boasting is in the King James Version translated "foolish," but it means, rather, "arrogant," which the Revised Version (British and American) adopts (<a href="/psalms/5-5.htm">Psalm 5:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/73-3.htm">Psalm 73:3</a>; <a href="/psalms/75-4.htm">Psalm 75:4</a>, margin "fools"); cakhal, "a fool," also occurs (<a href="/genesis/31-28.htm">Genesis 31:28</a> <a href="/1_samuel/13-13.htm">1 Samuel 13:13</a>, etc.) for which word see (4) below; also ya'al "to be empty," "to be or become foolish" (<a href="/numbers/12-11.htm">Numbers 12:11</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-13.htm">Isaiah 19:13</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-4.htm">Jeremiah 5:4</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/50-36.htm">Jeremiah 50:36</a>).<br><br>2. The Wisdom Literature:<br><br>In the Chokhmah or Wisdom literature, which, within the Bible, is contained in Job, Proverbs (especially), Ecclesiastes, Canticles, some Psalms and certain portions of the prophetic writings, "fool" and "folly" are frequent and distinctive words. Their significance is best seen in contrast with "Wisdom." This was the outcome of careful observation and long pondering on actual life in the light of religion and the Divine revelation. Wisdom had its seat in God and was imparted to those who "feared" Him ("The fear of Yahweh is the beginning (chief part) of knowledge" <a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a>). Such wisdom was the essence of life, and to be without it was to walk in the way of death and destruction. The fool was he who was thoughtless, careless, conceited, self-sufficient, indifferent to God and His Will, or who might even oppose and scoff at religion and wise instruction. See <a href="../w/wisdom.htm">WISDOM</a>. Various words are used to designate "the fool" and his "folly."<br><br>(1) nabhal (<a href="/job/2-10.htm">Job 2:10</a>; <a href="/job/30-8.htm">Job 30:8</a> <a href="/psalms/53-1.htm">Psalm 53:1</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-7.htm">Proverbs 17:7-21</a>); nebhalah (<a href="/job/42-8.htm">Job 42:8</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm">Isaiah 9:17</a>) (see above).<br><br>(2) 'ewil, one of the commonest, the idea conveyed by which is that of one who is hasty, impatient, self-sufficient (<a href="/proverbs/12-15.htm">Proverbs 12:15</a>; <a href="/proverbs/15-5.htm">Proverbs 15:5</a>; <a href="/proverbs/16-22.htm">Proverbs 16:22</a>); despising advice and instruction (<a href="/proverbs/1-7.htm">Proverbs 1:7</a>; <a href="/proverbs/14-9.htm">Proverbs 14:9</a>; <a href="/proverbs/24-7.htm">Proverbs 24:7</a>); ready to speak and act without thinking (<a href="/proverbs/10-14.htm">Proverbs 10:14</a>; <a href="/proverbs/12-16.htm">Proverbs 12:16</a>; <a href="/proverbs/20-3.htm">Proverbs 20:3</a>); quick to get angry, quarrel and cause strife (<a href="/proverbs/11-29.htm">Proverbs 11:29</a>; <a href="/proverbs/14-17.htm">Proverbs 14:17</a> 'iwweleth; 29:9); unrestrained in his anger (<a href="/job/5-2.htm">Job 5:2</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-12.htm">Proverbs 17:12</a>); silly, stupid even with brute stupidity (<a href="/proverbs/7-22.htm">Proverbs 7:22</a>; <a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm">Proverbs 26:11</a>; <a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm">Proverbs 27:22</a>; compare <a href="/isaiah/19-11.htm">Isaiah 19:11</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Jeremiah 4:22</a>); he is associated with "transgression" (<a href="/psalms/107-17.htm">Psalm 107:17</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-15.htm">Proverbs 13:15</a>; <a href="/proverbs/17-18.htm">Proverbs 17:18, 19</a>), with "sin" (<a href="/proverbs/24-9.htm">Proverbs 24:9</a>), with the "scoffer" (same place); 'iwweleth, "foolishness" occurs (<a href="/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalm 38:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/69-5.htm">Psalm 69:5</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-16.htm">Proverbs 13:16</a>; "folly," Psalm 14:8, 24, 29, etc.).<br><br>(3) kecil is the word most frequent in Proverbs. It is probably from a root meaning "thickness," "sluggishness," suggesting a slow, self-confident person, but it is used with a wide reference.<br><br>Self-confidence appears (<a href="/proverbs/14-16.htm">Proverbs 14:16</a>; <a href="/proverbs/28-26.htm">Proverbs 28:26</a>); ignorance (<a href="/ecclesiastes/2-14.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:14</a>); hate of instruction (<a href="/proverbs/1-22.htm">Proverbs 1:22</a>; <a href="/proverbs/18-2.htm">Proverbs 18:2</a>); thoughtlessness (<a href="/proverbs/10-23.htm">Proverbs 10:23</a>; <a href="/proverbs/17-24.htm">Proverbs 17:24</a>); self-exposure (<a href="/proverbs/14-33.htm">Proverbs 14:33</a>; <a href="/proverbs/15-2.htm">Proverbs 15:2</a>; <a href="/proverbs/18-7.htm">Proverbs 18:7</a>; 29:11 <a href="/ecclesiastes/5-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:1</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:12</a>); anger and contention (<a href="/proverbs/18-6.htm">Proverbs 18:6</a>; <a href="/proverbs/19-1.htm">Proverbs 19:1</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-9.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:9</a>); rage (<a href="/proverbs/14-16.htm">Proverbs 14:16</a>; <a href="/proverbs/17-12.htm">Proverbs 17:12</a>); indolence and improvidence (<a href="/ecclesiastes/4-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 4:5</a> <a href="/proverbs/21-20.htm">Proverbs 21:20</a>); silly merriment (<a href="/ecclesiastes/7-4.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:4, 5, 6</a>); brutishness (<a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm">Proverbs 26:11</a>; compare <a href="/psalms/49-10.htm">Psalm 49:10</a>; <a href="/psalms/92-6.htm">Psalm 92:6</a>); it is associated with slander (<a href="/proverbs/10-18.htm">Proverbs 10:18</a>), with evil (<a href="/proverbs/13-19.htm">Proverbs 13:19</a>).<br><br>(4) cakhal, cekhel, cikhluth, also occur. These are probably from a root meaning "to be stopped up" (Cheyne), and are generally taken as denoting thickheadedness; but they are used in a stronger sense than mere foolishness (compare <a href="/1_samuel/26-21.htm">1 Samuel 26:21</a> <a href="/2_samuel/24-10.htm">2 Samuel 24:10</a>, etc.). These words do not occur in Prov, but in <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:12</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-25.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:25</a>; cikhluth is associated with "madness" ("Wickedness is folly, and. foolishness is madness").<br><br>(5) pethi, "simple," is only once translated "foolish" (<a href="/proverbs/9-6.htm">Proverbs 9:6</a> the King James Version).<br><br>(6) ba`ar, 'brutish," is translated "foolish" (<a href="/psalms/73-22.htm">Psalm 73:22</a> the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "brutish").<br><br>(7) taphel, "insipid," "untempered," is translated "foolish" (<a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Lamentations 2:14</a>); tiphlah, "insipidity" (<a href="/job/1-22.htm">Job 1:22</a>, "foolishly," the English Revised Version, "with foolishness"; <a href="/job/24-12.htm">Job 24:12</a>, "folly"; <a href="/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Jeremiah 23:13</a>, "folly," the King James Version margin "unsavoury, or, an absurd thing").<br><br>(8) toholah (<a href="/job/4-18.htm">Job 4:18</a>: "Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; and his angels he chargeth with folly" (Delitzsch, "imperfection," others, "error"), the King James Version margin "nor in his angels in whom he put light").<br><br>II. In the Apocrypha.<br><br>In the continuation of the Wisdom literature in The Wisdom of Solomon and Ecclus, "fool" frequently occurs with a signification similar to that in Proverbs; in The Wisdom of Solomon we have aphron (12:24; 15:5, etc.), in Ecclesiasticus, moros (18:18; 19:11, etc.; 20:13; 21:16, etc.).<br><br>III. In the New Testament.<br><br>In the New Testament we have various words translated "fool," "foolish," "folly," etc., in the ordinary acceptation of these terms; aphron, "mindless," "witless" (<a href="/luke/11-40.htm">Luke 11:40</a>; <a href="/luke/12-20.htm">Luke 12:20</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-36.htm">1 Corinthians 15:36</a>); aphrosune, "want of mind or wisdom" (<a href="/2_corinthians/11-1.htm">2 Corinthians 11:1</a> <a href="/mark/7-22.htm">Mark 7:22</a>); anoia, "want of understanding" (<a href="/2_timothy/3-9.htm">2 Timothy 3:9</a>); moraino, "to make dull," "foolish" (<a href="/romans/1-22.htm">Romans 1:22</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-20.htm">1 Corinthians 1:20</a>); moros, "dull," "stupid" (<a href="/matthew/7-26.htm">Matthew 7:26</a>; <a href="/matthew/23-17.htm">Matthew 23:17</a>; <a href="/matthew/25-2.htm">Matthew 25:2</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/1-25.htm">1 Corinthians 1:25, 27</a>); moria, "foolishness" (<a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">1 Corinthians 1:18</a> etc.); morologia, "foolish talk" (<a href="/ephesians/5-4.htm">Ephesians 5:4</a>).<br><br>In <a href="/matthew/5-22.htm">Matthew 5:22</a> our Lord says: "Whosoever shall say (to his brother), Thou fool (more), shall be in danger of the hell of fire (the Gehenna of fire)." Two explanations of this word are possible:<br><br>(1) that it is not the vocative of the Greek moros-a word which was applied by Jesus Himself to the Pharisees (<a href="/matthew/23-17.htm">Matthew 23:17, 19</a>), but represents the Hebrew morah, "rebel" applied in <a href="/numbers/20-10.htm">Numbers 20:10</a> by Moses to the people, "ye rebels" (for which he was believed to be excluded from the promised land; compare <a href="/numbers/20-12.htm">Numbers 20:12</a>; hence, we have in the Revised Version, margin "or moreh, a Hebrew expression of condemnation"); or<br><br>(2) that, as our Lord spake in the Aramaic it is the Greek translation of a word representing the Hebrew nabhal, "vile, or worthless fellow," atheist, etc. (<a href="/psalms/14-1.htm">Psalm 14:1</a>; <a href="/psalms/53-1.htm">Psalm 53:1</a>).<br><br>W. L. Walker<p><span class="encheading">FOLLY</span><p>fol'-i.<br><br>See <a href="../f/fool.htm">FOOL</a>.<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/454.htm"><span class="l">454. anoia -- <b>folly</b>, foolishness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>folly</b>, foolishness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: anoia Phonetic<br> Spelling: (an'-oy-ah) Short Definition: <b>folly</b>, madness Definition: <b>folly</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/454.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3472.htm"><span class="l">3472. moria -- foolishness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> foolishness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: moria Phonetic Spelling:<br> (mo-ree'-ah) Short Definition: <b>folly</b>, absurdity Definition: <b>folly</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3472.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3155.htm"><span class="l">3155. maten -- in vain, to no purpose</span></a> <br><b>...</b> See 3152 (). Word Origin adverb from acc. of mate (a <b>folly</b>) Definition<br> in vain, to no purpose NASB Word Usage vain (2). in vain. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3155.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3913.htm"><span class="l">3913. paraphronia -- madness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> madness. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: paraphronia Phonetic Spelling:<br> (par-af-ron-ee'-ah) Short Definition: madness, <b>folly</b> Definition: madness <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3913.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/877.htm"><span class="l">877. aphrosune -- foolishness</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>folly</b>, foolishly. From aphron; senselessness, ie (euphemistically) egotism; (morally)<br> recklessness -- <b>folly</b>, foolishly(-ness). see GREEK aphron. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/877.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/3026.htm"><span class="l">3026. leros -- silly talk</span></a> <br><b>...</b> silly talk. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: leros Phonetic Spelling:<br> (lay'-ros) Short Definition: <b>folly</b>, nonsense, idle talk Definition: <b>folly</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3026.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/200.htm"><span class="l">200. ivveleth -- <b>folly</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 199, 200. ivveleth. 201 . <b>folly</b>. Transliteration: ivveleth Phonetic Spelling:<br> (iv-veh'-leth) Short Definition: <b>folly</b>. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/200.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5531.htm"><span class="l">5531. sikluth -- <b>folly</b></span></a><br>sikluth or sikluth. 5530, 5531. sikluth or sikluth. 5532 . <b>folly</b>. Transliteration:<br> sikluth or sikluth Phonetic Spelling: (sik-looth') Short Definition: <b>folly</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5531.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5529.htm"><span class="l">5529. sekel -- <b>folly</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>folly</b>. Transliteration: sekel Phonetic Spelling: (seh'-kal) Short Definition: <b>folly</b>.<br> Word Origin from sakal Definition <b>folly</b> NASB Word Usage <b>folly</b> (1). <b>folly</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5529.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5039.htm"><span class="l">5039. nebalah -- senselessness, disgrace</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from nabal Definition senselessness, disgrace NASB Word Usage act of<br> <b>folly</b> (2), disgraceful act (1), disgraceful acts (1), disgraceful thing (3 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5039.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3689.htm"><span class="l">3689. kesel -- loins, stupidity, confidence</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from kasal Definition loins, stupidity, confidence NASB Word Usage<br> confidence (4), <b>folly</b> and the foolishness (1), foolish (1), loins (6), thighs (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3689.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3690.htm"><span class="l">3690. kislah -- stupidity, confidence</span></a><br><b>...</b> confidence. Word Origin from kasal Definition stupidity, confidence NASB Word<br> Usage confidence (1), <b>folly</b> (1). confidence, <b>folly</b>. Feminine <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3690.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8604.htm"><span class="l">8604. tiphlah -- unsavoriness, unseemliness</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from the same as taphel Definition unsavoriness, unseemliness NASB Word<br> Usage blame* (1), <b>folly</b> (1), offensive thing (1). <b>folly</b>, foolishly. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8604.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3687.htm"><span class="l">3687. kesiluth -- stupidity</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3686, 3687. kesiluth. 3688 . stupidity. Transliteration: kesiluth Phonetic<br> Spelling: (kes-eel-ooth') Short Definition: <b>folly</b>. Word <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3687.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/8417.htm"><span class="l">8417. toholah -- error</span></a><br><b>...</b> praise. Feminine of an unused noun (apparently from halal) meaning bluster; braggadocio,<br> ie (by implication) fatuity -- <b>folly</b>. see HEBREW halal. 8416, 8417. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/8417.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/1948.htm"><span class="l">1948. holeluth -- madness</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin from halal Definition madness NASB Word Usage madness (1). madness.<br> From active participle of halal; <b>folly</b> -- madness. see HEBREW halal. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/1948.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_folly_is_a_sin.htm"><span class="l">Whether <b>Folly</b> is a Sin?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF <b>FOLLY</b> WHICH IS OPPOSED TO WISDOM (THREE ARTICLES) Whether <b>folly</b> is a sin? Objection<br> 1: It would seem that <b>folly</b> is not a sin. <b>...</b> Therefore <b>folly</b> is not a sin. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether folly is a sin.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_folly_is_contrary_to.htm"><span class="l">Whether <b>Folly</b> is Contrary to Wisdom?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF <b>FOLLY</b> WHICH IS OPPOSED TO WISDOM (THREE ARTICLES) Whether <b>folly</b> is contrary to<br> wisdom? Objection 1: It would seem that <b>folly</b> is not contrary to wisdom. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether folly is contrary to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_folly_is_a_daughter.htm"><span class="l">Whether <b>Folly</b> is a Daughter of Lust?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF <b>FOLLY</b> WHICH IS OPPOSED TO WISDOM (THREE ARTICLES) Whether <b>folly</b> is a daughter<br> of lust? Objection 1: It would seem that <b>folly</b> is not a daughter of lust. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether folly is a daughter.htm</font><p><a href="/library/watts/hymns_and_spiritual_songs/hymn_2_32_frailty_and_folly.htm"><span class="l">Frailty and <b>Folly</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Hymns. Book 2. Composed on Divine Subjects. Hymn 2:32. Frailty and <b>Folly</b>. 1<br> How short and hasty is our life! How vast our souls' affairs! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 2 32 frailty and folly.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/of_folly_which_is_opposed.htm"><span class="l">Of <b>Folly</b> which is Opposed to Wisdom (Three Articles)</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF <b>FOLLY</b> WHICH IS OPPOSED TO WISDOM (THREE ARTICLES). We <b>...</b> inquiry: (1) Whether<br> <b>folly</b> is contrary to wisdom? (2) Whether <b>folly</b> is a sin? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/of folly which is opposed.htm</font><p><a href="/library/wesley/sermons_on_several_occasions/sermon_119_on_worldly_folly.htm"><span class="l">On Worldly <b>Folly</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Third Series Sermon 119 On Worldly <b>Folly</b>. "But God said unto him, Thou fool!"<br> Luke 12:20. But one of these fools is commonly wiser <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../wesley/sermons on several occasions/sermon 119 on worldly folly.htm</font><p><a href="/library/tertullian/against_the_valentinians/chapter_iii_the_folly_of_this.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Folly</b> of this Heresy it Dissects and Mutilates the Deity. <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Chapter III."The <b>Folly</b> of This Heresy It Dissects and Mutilates the Deity.<br> Contrasted with the Simple Wisdom of True Religion. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../tertullian/against the valentinians/chapter iii the folly of this.htm</font><p><a href="/library/whitefield/selected_sermons_of_george_whitefield/the_folly_and_danger_of_2.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Folly</b> and Danger of Parting with Christ for the Pleasures and <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The <b>Folly</b> and Danger of Parting with Christ for the Pleasures and Profits<br> of Life. Matthew 8:23-34 " "And when he was entered into <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the folly and danger of 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/hippolytus/the_refutation_of_all_heresies/chapter_l_folly_of_astrology.htm"><span class="l"><b>Folly</b> of Astrology.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book IV. Chapter L."<b>Folly</b> of Astrology. Employing these accounts, (the heretics)<br> think to deceive as many of these as devote themselves <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../hippolytus/the refutation of all heresies/chapter l folly of astrology.htm</font><p><a href="/library/lactantius/the_divine_institutes/chap_xviii_of_justice_wisdom_and.htm"><span class="l">Of Justice, Wisdom, and <b>Folly</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> the divine institutes Book V. Of Justice. Chap. XVIII."Of Justice, Wisdom,<br> and <b>Folly</b>. With reference to our present discussion <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap xviii of justice wisdom and.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/f/folly.htm"><span class="l"><b>Folly</b> (68 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. FOOL; <b>FOLLY</b>. fool nabhal, 'ewil, kecil, cakhal<br> and forms; aphron, aphrosune, moros): I. In the Old Testament. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/folly.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/disgraceful.htm"><span class="l">Disgraceful (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> bring out the young lady to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city<br> shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done <b>folly</b> in Israel <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/disgraceful.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fools.htm"><span class="l">Fools (53 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent<br> is to think about his way, but the <b>folly</b> of fools is deceit. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fools.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wanton.htm"><span class="l">Wanton (20 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath; because he hath transgressed<br> the covenant of Jehovah, and because he hath wrought <b>folly</b> in Israel. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wanton.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/w/wantonness.htm"><span class="l">Wantonness (6 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of<br> the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and <b>folly</b> in Israel <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/w/wantonness.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/madness.htm"><span class="l">Madness (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2. (a.) Frenzy; ungovernable rage; extreme <b>folly</b>. Int. <b>...</b> (See RSV). Ecclesiastes<br> 1:17 I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and <b>folly</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/madness.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/p/prudent.htm"><span class="l">Prudent (40 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> foolishness. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Proverbs 13:16 Every<br> prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes <b>folly</b>. (WEB <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/p/prudent.htm - 20k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/fool.htm"><span class="l">Fool (95 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5. (n.) One who counterfeits <b>folly</b>; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer<br> formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/fool.htm - 47k</font><p><a href="/topical/d/deed.htm"><span class="l">Deed (71 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7 And the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it: and the men were<br> grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought <b>folly</b> in Israel <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/d/deed.htm - 30k</font><p><a href="/topical/u/unseemliness.htm"><span class="l">Unseemliness (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Job 24:12 From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded<br> crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the <b>folly</b>. (See JPS). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/u/unseemliness.htm - 7k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/wisdom-foolishness-women-Proverbs.html">Why are both wisdom and foolishness pictured as women in Proverbs? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Proverbs-26-4-5.html">Do Proverbs 26:4 and 26:5 contradict? How can both verses be true? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Bible-foolishness.html">What does the Bible say about foolishness? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/folly.htm">Folly: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Folly (68 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/7-22.htm">Mark 7:22</a></span><br />covetousness, wickedness, deceit, licentiousness, envy, reviling, pride, reckless <span class="boldtext">folly</span>:<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a></span><br />Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into <span class="boldtext">folly</span> in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened:<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-18.htm">1 Corinthians 1:18</a></span><br />For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are dying, but to us who are saved it is the power of God.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-21.htm">1 Corinthians 1:21</a></span><br />For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn't know God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of the preaching to save those who believe.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/1-23.htm">1 Corinthians 1:23</a></span><br />but we preach Christ crucified; a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/2-14.htm">1 Corinthians 2:14</a></span><br />But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are <span class="boldtext">folly</span> to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned;<br /><span class="source">(DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-19.htm">1 Corinthians 3:19</a></span><br />For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, "He has taken the wise in their craftiness."<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-1.htm">2 Corinthians 11:1</a></span><br />Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my <span class="boldtext">folly</span>: and indeed bear with me. <br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-17.htm">2 Corinthians 11:17</a></span><br />What I am now saying, I do not say by the Lord's command, but as a fool in his <span class="boldtext">folly</span> might, in this reckless boasting.<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-21.htm">2 Corinthians 11:21</a></span><br />I use the language of self-disparagement, as though I were admitting our own feebleness. Yet for whatever reason any one is 'courageous' --I speak in mere <span class="boldtext">folly</span>--I also am courageous.<br /><span class="source">(WEY DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/3-9.htm">2 Timothy 3:9</a></span><br />But they will proceed no further. For their <span class="boldtext">folly</span> will be evident to all men, as theirs also came to be.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/2-16.htm">2 Peter 2:16</a></span><br />but had reproof of his own wickedness the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the <span class="boldtext">folly</span> of the prophet. <br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_peter/2-18.htm">2 Peter 2:18</a></span><br />For, uttering great swelling words of emptiness, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by licentiousness, those who are indeed escaping from those who live in error;<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/genesis/34-7.htm">Genesis 34:7</a></span><br />The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it. The men were grieved, and they were very angry, because he had done <span class="boldtext">folly</span> in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; a which thing ought not to be done.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/deuteronomy/22-21.htm">Deuteronomy 22:21</a></span><br />then they shall bring out the young lady to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones, because she has done <span class="boldtext">folly</span> in Israel, to play the prostitute in her father's house: so you shall put away the evil from the midst of you.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/joshua/7-15.htm">Joshua 7:15</a></span><br />And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought <span class="boldtext">folly</span> in Israel.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/19-23.htm">Judges 19:23</a></span><br />The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, "No, my brothers, please don't act so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, don't do this <span class="boldtext">folly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/19-24.htm">Judges 19:24</a></span><br />Behold, here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. I will bring them out now. Humble them, and do with them what seems good to you; but to this man don't do any such <span class="boldtext">folly</span>."<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/20-6.htm">Judges 20:6</a></span><br />I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel; for they have committed lewdness and <span class="boldtext">folly</span> in Israel.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/judges/20-10.htm">Judges 20:10</a></span><br />and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to get food for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the <span class="boldtext">folly</span> that they have worked in Israel."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_samuel/25-25.htm">1 Samuel 25:25</a></span><br />Please don't let my lord regard this worthless fellow, even Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and <span class="boldtext">folly</span> is with him; but I, your handmaid, didn't see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/13-12.htm">2 Samuel 13:12</a></span><br />She answered him, "No, my brother, do not force me! For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Don't you do this <span class="boldtext">folly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/1-22.htm">Job 1:22</a></span><br />In all this Job hath not sinned, nor given <span class="boldtext">folly</span> to God.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/4-18.htm">Job 4:18</a></span><br />Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with <span class="boldtext">folly</span>:<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/24-12.htm">Job 24:12</a></span><br />From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn't regard the <span class="boldtext">folly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/30-8.htm">Job 30:8</a></span><br />Sons of <span class="boldtext">folly</span> -- even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/job/42-8.htm">Job 42:8</a></span><br />Now therefore, take to yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept him, that I not deal with you according to your <span class="boldtext">folly</span>. For you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/38-5.htm">Psalms 38:5</a></span><br />Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my <span class="boldtext">folly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/49-13.htm">Psalms 49:13</a></span><br />This their way is their <span class="boldtext">folly</span>: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. <br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/69-5.htm">Psalms 69:5</a></span><br />O God, thou knowest my foolishness; And my sins are not hid from thee. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/85-8.htm">Psalms 85:8</a></span><br />I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, his saints; but let them not turn again to <span class="boldtext">folly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/5-23.htm">Proverbs 5:23</a></span><br />He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his <span class="boldtext">folly</span>, he will go astray.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/9-6.htm">Proverbs 9:6</a></span><br />Give up the simple ones and have life, and go in the way of knowledge.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/9-13.htm">Proverbs 9:13</a></span><br />The foolish woman is clamorous;'she is'simple, and knoweth nothing. <br /><span class="source">(See JPS NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/12-23.htm">Proverbs 12:23</a></span><br />A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of the foolish proclaimeth <span class="boldtext">folly</span>. <br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/13-16.htm">Proverbs 13:16</a></span><br />Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes <span class="boldtext">folly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/14-1.htm">Proverbs 14:1</a></span><br />The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but <span class="boldtext">folly</span> plucketh it down with her hands. <br /><span class="source">(DBY RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/14-8.htm">Proverbs 14:8</a></span><br />The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the <span class="boldtext">folly</span> of fools is deceit.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/14-17.htm">Proverbs 14:17</a></span><br />He who is quick to become angry will commit <span class="boldtext">folly</span>, and a crafty man is hated.<br /><span class="source">(WEB YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/14-18.htm">Proverbs 14:18</a></span><br />The simple inherit <span class="boldtext">folly</span>, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/14-24.htm">Proverbs 14:24</a></span><br />The crown of the wise is their riches, but the <span class="boldtext">folly</span> of fools crowns them with folly.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/14-29.htm">Proverbs 14:29</a></span><br />He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays <span class="boldtext">folly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/15-2.htm">Proverbs 15:2</a></span><br />The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out <span class="boldtext">folly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/15-14.htm">Proverbs 15:14</a></span><br />The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on <span class="boldtext">folly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB JPS ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/15-21.htm">Proverbs 15:21</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Folly</span> is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/16-22.htm">Proverbs 16:22</a></span><br />Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their <span class="boldtext">folly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/17-12.htm">Proverbs 17:12</a></span><br />Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his <span class="boldtext">folly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/18-13.htm">Proverbs 18:13</a></span><br />He who gives answer before he hears, that is <span class="boldtext">folly</span> and shame to him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/19-3.htm">Proverbs 19:3</a></span><br />The <span class="boldtext">folly</span> of man distorteth his way, and his heart is irritated against Jehovah.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/22-15.htm">Proverbs 22:15</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Folly</span> is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him. <br /><span class="source">(WEB DBY YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/24-9.htm">Proverbs 24:9</a></span><br />The schemes of <span class="boldtext">folly</span> are sin. The mocker is detested by men. <br /><span class="source">(WEB DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/26-4.htm">Proverbs 26:4</a></span><br />Don't answer a fool according to his <span class="boldtext">folly</span>, lest you also be like him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/26-5.htm">Proverbs 26:5</a></span><br />Answer a fool according to his <span class="boldtext">folly</span>, lest he be wise in his own eyes.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm">Proverbs 26:11</a></span><br />As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his <span class="boldtext">folly</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/proverbs/27-22.htm">Proverbs 27:22</a></span><br />If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his <span class="boldtext">folly</span> depart from him.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/1-17.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:17</a></span><br />I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and <span class="boldtext">folly</span>. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:3</a></span><br />I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of <span class="boldtext">folly</span>, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:12</a></span><br />I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and <span class="boldtext">folly</span>: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:13</a></span><br />Then I saw that wisdom excels <span class="boldtext">folly</span>, as far as light excels darkness.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/7-25.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:25</a></span><br />I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of <span class="boldtext">folly</span>, even of foolishness and madness:<br /><span class="source">(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/10-1.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:1</a></span><br />Dead flies cause the oil of the perfumer to send forth an evil odor; so does a little <span class="boldtext">folly</span> outweigh wisdom and honor. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/10-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:6</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Folly</span> is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/ecclesiastes/10-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 10:13</a></span><br />The beginning of the words of his mouth is <span class="boldtext">folly</span>; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. <br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/9-17.htm">Isaiah 9:17</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks <span class="boldtext">folly</span>. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/isaiah/32-6.htm">Isaiah 32:6</a></span><br />For the fool will speak <span class="boldtext">folly</span>, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, To make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Jeremiah 23:13</a></span><br />I have seen <span class="boldtext">folly</span> in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/jeremiah/29-23.htm">Jeremiah 29:23</a></span><br />because they have worked <span class="boldtext">folly</span> in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and have spoken words in my name falsely, which I didn't command them; and I am he who knows, and am witness, says Yahweh.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Lamentations 2:14</a></span><br />Thy prophets have seen vanity and <span class="boldtext">folly</span> for thee; and they have not revealed thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee burdens of falsehood and causes of expulsion.<br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/f/folly.htm">Folly</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/fond.htm">Fond (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/f/folly.htm">Folly (68 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/f/follows.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Follows"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Follows" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/f/folly_and_affliction.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Folly and Affliction"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Folly and Affliction" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>