Haller's Concordance: FOLLY

• Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he: Nabal is his name, and folly is with him; and I thy handmaid did not see the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. 1 Sam. 25:25
• Lo, he trusteth not his servants, and his angels he chargeth with folly: Job 4:18
• And now, take for yourselves seven bullocks 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 him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, for ye have not spoken of me rightly, like my servant Job. Job 42:8
• This their way is their folly, yet they that come after them delight in their sayings. Selah. Ps. 49:13
• I will hear what *God, Jehovah, will speak; for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his godly ones: but let them not turn again to folly. Ps. 85:8
• He shall die for want of discipline; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. Pr. 5:23
• A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of the foolish proclaimeth folly. Pr. 12:23
• Every prudent man acteth with knowledge; but the foolish layeth open his folly. Pr. 13:16
• The wisdom of women buildeth their house; but folly plucketh it down with her hands. Pr. 14:1
• The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way; but the folly of the foolish is deceit. Pr. 14:8
• The simple inherit folly; but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. Pr. 14:18
• The crown of the wise is their riches; the folly of the foolish is folly. Pr. 14:24
• He that is slow to anger is of great understanding; but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. Pr. 14:29
• The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright; but the mouth of the foolish poureth out folly. Pr. 15:2
• The heart of an intelligent man seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish feedeth on folly. Pr. 15:14
• Folly is joy to him that is void of sense; but a man of understanding regulateth his walk. Pr. 15:21
• Wisdom is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly. Pr. 16:22
• Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a fool in his folly. Pr. 17:12
• He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and shame unto him. Pr. 18:13
• The folly of man distorteth his way, and his heart is irritated against Jehovah. Pr. 19:3
• Folly is bound in the heart of a child; the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. Pr. 22:15
• The purpose of folly is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to men. Pr. 24:9
• Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. Pr. 26:4
• Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. Pr. 26:5
• As a dog turneth back to its vomit, so a fool repeateth his folly. Pr. 26:11
• If thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his folly depart from him. Pr. 27:22
• And I applied my heart to the knowledge of wisdom, and to the knowledge of madness and folly: I perceived that this also is a striving after the wind. Eccl. 1:17
• I searched in my heart how to cherish my flesh with wine, while practising my heart with wisdom; and how to lay hold on folly, till I should see what was that good for the children of men which they should do under the heavens all the days of their life. Eccl. 2:3
• And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly; for what shall the man do that cometh after the king? -- that which hath already been done. Eccl. 2:12
• And I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as light excelleth darkness. Eccl. 2:13
• I turned, I and my heart, to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom and reason, and to know wickedness to be folly, and foolishness to be madness; Eccl. 7:25
• Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to stink and ferment; so a little folly is weightier than wisdom and honour. Eccl. 10:1
• folly is set in great dignities, but the rich sit in a low place. Eccl. 10:6
• The beginning of the words of his mouth is folly; and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. Eccl. 10:13
• Therefore the Lord will not rejoice in their young men, neither will he have mercy on their fatherless and on their widows; for every one is a hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, and his hand is stretched out still. Isa. 9:17
• And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. Jer. 23:13
• Thy prophets have seen vanity and folly 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. Lam. 2:14
• thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly; Mk. 7:22
• Because, knowing God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but fell into folly in their thoughts, and their heart without understanding was darkened: Rom. 1:21
• But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him; and he cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned; 1 Cor. 2:14
• Would that ye would bear with me in a little folly; but indeed bear with me. 2 Cor. 11:1
• What I speak I do not speak according to the Lord, but as in folly, in this confidence of boasting. 2 Cor. 11:17
• I speak as to dishonour, as though *we* had been weak; but wherein any one is daring, (I speak in folly,) *I* also am daring. 2 Cor. 11:21
• But they shall not advance farther; for their folly shall be completely manifest to all, as that of those also became. 2 Tim. 3:9
• but had reproof of his own wickedness -- the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the folly of the prophet. 2 Pet. 2:16