אִוֶּ֫לֶת
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folly
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Occurrences in Scripture
25 total occurrences across the text
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
Psalms 69:5God, you know my foolishness. My sins aren’t hidden from you.
Proverbs 5:23He will die for lack of instruction. In the greatness of his folly, he will go astray.
Proverbs 12:23A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.
Proverbs 13:16Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.
Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 14:17He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
Proverbs 14:18The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
Proverbs 14:24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
Proverbs 14:24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
Proverbs 14:29He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.
Proverbs 15:14The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
Proverbs 15:21Folly is joy to one who is void of wisdom, but a man of understanding keeps his way straight.
Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, but the punishment of fools is their folly.
Proverbs 17:12Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 18:13He who answers before he hears, that is folly and shame to him.
Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.
Proverbs 22:15Folly is bound up in the heart of a child: the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Proverbs 24:9The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
Proverbs 26:4Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
Proverbs 26:5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26:11As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
Proverbs 27:22Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.