Haller's Concordance: FOLLY

• And the old man went out to them, and said: Do not so, my brethren, do not so wickedly: because this man is come into my lodging, and cease I pray you from this folly. Judg. 19:23
• Let not my lord the king, I pray thee, regard this naughty man, Nabal: for according to his name, he is a fool, and folly is with him: but I, thy handmaid, did not see thy servants, my lord, whom thou sentest. 1 Ki. 25:25
• She answered him: Do not so, my brother, do not force me: for no such thing must be done in Israel. Do not thou this folly. 2 Ki. 13:12
• And you shall not find iniquity in my tongue, neither shall folly sound in my mouth. Job 6:30
• His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider's web. Job 8:14
• But if they hear not, they shall pass by the sword, and shall be consumed in folly. Job 36:12
• Take unto you therefore seven oxen and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer for yourselves a holocaust, and my servant Job shall pray for you: his face I will accept, that folly be not imputed to you: for you have not spoken right things before me, as my servant Job hath. Job 42:8
• O my God, I shall cry by day, and thou wilt not hear: and by night, and it shall not be reputed as folly in me. Ps. 22:2
• He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived. Pr. 5:23
• But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul: Pr. 6:32
• A cautious man concealeth knowledge: and the heart of fools publisheth folly. Pr. 12:23
• The prudent man doth all things with counsel: but he that is a fool, layeth open his folly. Pr. 13:16
• The impatient man shall work folly: and the crafty man is hateful. Pr. 14:17
• The childish shall possess folly, and the prudent shall look for knowledge. Pr. 14:18
• The crown of the wise, is their riches: the folly of fools, imprudence. Pr. 14:24
• He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly. Pr. 14:29
• The tongue of the wise adorneth knowledge: but the mouth of fools bubbleth out folly. Pr. 15:2
• Folly is joy to the fool: and the wise man maketh straight his steps. Pr. 15:21
• It is better to meet a bear robbed of her whelps, than a fool trusting in his own folly. Pr. 17:12
• The folly of a man supplanteth his steps: and he fretteth in his mind against God. Pr. 19:3
• Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, and the rod of correction shall drive it away. Pr. 22:15
• Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou be made like him. Pr. 26:4
• Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he imagine himself to be wise. Pr. 26:5
• As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is the fool that repeateth his folly. Pr. 26:11
• Though thou shouldst bray a fool in the mortar, as when a pestle striketh upon sodden barley, his folly would not be taken from him. Pr. 27:22
• Hast thou seen a man hasty to speak? folly is rather to be looked for, than his amendment. Pr. 29:20
• And I have given my heart to know prudence, and learning, and errors, and folly: and I have perceived that in these also there was labour, and vexation of spirit, Eccl. 1:17
• I thought in my heart, to withdraw my flesh from wine, that I might turn my mind to wisdom, and might avoid folly, till I might see what was profitable for the children of men: and what they ought to do under the sun, all the days of their life. Eccl. 2:3
• I passed further to behold wisdom, and errors and folly, (What is man, said I that he can follow the King his maker?) Eccl. 2:12
• And I saw that wisdom excelled folly, as much as light differeth from darkness. Eccl. 2:13
• Dreams follow many cares: and in many words shall be found folly. Eccl. 5:3
• ¤ Dying flies spoil the sweetness of the ointment. Wisdom and glory is more precious than a small and shortlived folly. Eccl. 10:1
• The beginning of his words is folly, and the end of his talk is a mischievous error. Eccl. 10:13
• For regarding not wisdom, they did not only slip in this, that they were ignorant of good things; but they left also unto men a memorial of their folly, so that in the things in which they sinned, they could not so much as lie hid. Wis. 10:8
• Extol not thyself in the thoughts of thy soul like a bull: lest thy strength be quashed by folly, Sir. 6:2
• Go not on the way with a bold man, lest he burden thee with his evils: for he goeth according to his own will, and thou shalt perish together with his folly. Sir. 8:18
• Beware that thou be not deceived into folly, and be humbled. Sir. 13:10
• Be not lowly in thy wisdom, lest being humbled thou be deceived into folly. Sir. 13:11
• Better is he that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom. Sir. 20:33
• It is the folly of a man to hearken at the door: and a wise man will be grieved with the disgrace. Sir. 21:27
• Turn away from him, and thou shalt find rest, and shalt not be wearied out with his folly. Sir. 22:16
• Better is the man that hideth his folly, than the man that hideth his wisdom. Sir. 41:18
• Thou hast stained thy glory, and defiled thy seed so as to bring wrath upon thy children, and to have thy folly kindled, Sir. 47:22
• And he left behind him of his seed, the folly of the nation, Sir. 47:27
• Therefore the Lord shall have no joy in their young men: neither shall he have mercy on their fatherless, and widows: for every one is a hypocrite and wicked, and every mouth hath spoken folly. For all this his indignation is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. Isa. 9:17
• And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied in Baal and deceived my people Israel. Jer. 23:13
• Because they have acted folly in Israel, and have committed adultery with the wives of their friends, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I commanded them not: I am the judge and the witness, saith the Lord. Jer. 29:23
• And because they had not wisdom, they perished through their folly. Bar. 3:28
• And now I will lay open her folly in the eyes of her lovers: and no man shall deliver her out of my hand: Osee 2:10
• For he saw that, except the king took care, it was impossible that matters should be settled in peace, or that Simon would cease from his folly. 2 Ma. 4:6
• ¤ Would to God you could bear with some little of my folly! But do bear with me. 2 Cor. 11:1
• But they shall proceed no farther: for their folly shall be manifest to all men, as theirs also was. 2 Tim. 3:9
• But had a check of his madness, the dumb beast used to the yoke, which, speaking with man's voice, forbade the folly of the prophet. 2 Pet. 2:16