Haller's Concordance: FOOLISH
- Thou art spent with foolish labour, both thou, and this people that is with thee; the business is above thy strength, thou alone canst not bear it. Ex. 18:18
- Is this the return thou makest to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is not he thy father, that hath possessed thee, and made thee, and created thee? Dt. 32:6
- They have provoked me with that which was no god, and have angered me with their vanities: and I will provoke them with that which is no people, and will vex them with a foolish nation. Dt. 32:21
- In all these things Job sinned not by his lips, nor spoke he any foolish thing against God. Job 1:22
- And he said to her: Thou hast spoken like one of the foolish women: If we have received good things at the hand of God, why should we not receive evil? In all these things Job did not sin with his lips. Job 2:10
- Anger indeed killeth the foolish, and envy slayeth the little one. Job 5:2
- He bringeth counsellors to a foolish end, and judges to insensibility. Job 12:17
- The children of foolish and base men, and not appearing at all upon the earth. Job 30:8
- Remember this, the enemy hath reproached the Lord: and a foolish people hath provoked thy name. Ps. 74:18
- Arise, O God, judge thy own cause: remember thy reproaches with which the foolish man hath reproached thee all the day. Ps. 74:22
- All the foolish of heart were troubled. They have slept their sleep; and all the men of riches have found nothing in their hands. Ps. 76:5
- And I see little ones, I behold a foolish young man, Pr. 7:7
- A foolish woman and clamorous, and full of allurements, and knowing nothing at all, Pr. 9:13
- ¤ A wise son maketh the father glad: but a foolish son is the sorrow of his mother. Pr. 10:1
- He that winketh with the eye, shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten. Pr. 10:10
- Lying lips hide hatred: he that uttereth reproach, is foolish. Pr. 10:18
- A golden ring in a swine's snout, a woman fair and foolish. Pr. 11:22
- He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof, is foolish. Pr. 12:1
- A man shall be known by his learning: but he that is vain and foolish, shall be exposed to contempt. Pr. 12:8
- He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds. Pr. 12:11
- A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish will pull down with her hands that also which is built. Pr. 14:1
- Go against a foolish man, and he knoweth not the lips of prudence. Pr. 14:7
- A wise son maketh a father joyful: but the foolish man despiseth his mother. Pr. 15:20
- A wise servant shall rule over foolish sons, and shall divide the inheritance among the brethren. Pr. 17:2
- A foolish man will clap hands, when he is surety for his friend. Pr. 17:18
- A foolish son is the anger of the father: and the sorrow of the mother that bore him. Pr. 17:25
- He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked. Pr. 18:22
- A foolish son is the grief of his father: and a wrangling wife is like a roof continually dropping through. Pr. 19:13
- He that gathereth treasures by a lying tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble upon the snares of death. Pr. 21:6
- There is a treasure to be desired, and oil in the dwelling of the just: and the foolish man shall spend it. Pr. 21:20
- I passed by the field of the slothful man, and by the vineyard of the foolish man: Pr. 24:30
- He that sendeth words by a foolish messenger, is lame of feet and drinketh iniquity. Pr. 26:6
- I am the most foolish of men, and the wisdom of men is not with me. Pr. 30:2
- Better is a child that is poor and wise, than a king that is old and foolish, who knoweth not to foresee for hereafter. Eccl. 4:13
- If thou hast vowed any thing to God, defer not to pay it: for an unfaithful and foolish promise displeaseth him: but whatsoever thou hast vowed, pay it. Eccl. 5:4
- Say not: What thinkest thou is the cause that former times were better than they are now? for this manner of question is foolish. Eccl. 7:10
- Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time. Eccl. 7:17
- Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked. Wis. 3:12
- But for the foolish devices of their iniquity, because some being deceived worshipped dumb serpents and worthless beasts, thou didst send upon them a multitude of dumb beasts for vengeance: Wis. 11:16
- But all the enemies of thy people that hold them in subjection, are foolish, and unhappy, and proud beyond measure: Wis. 15:14
- For whilst they were yet mourning, and lamenting at the graves of the dead, they took up another foolish device: and pursued them as fugitives whom they had pressed to be gone: Wis. 19:3
- But foolish men shall not obtain her, and wise men shall meet her, foolish men shall not see her: for she is far from pride and deceit. Sir. 15:7
- He that wanteth understanding thinketh vain things, and the foolish, and erring man, thinketh foolish things. Sir. 16:23
- There is a subtle wickedness, and the same is detestable: and there is a man that is foolish, wanting in wisdom. Sir. 19:20
- The lips of the unwise will be telling foolish things: but the words of the wise shall be weighed in a balance. Sir. 21:28
- A son ill taught is the confusion of the father: and a foolish daughter shall be to his loss. Sir. 22:3
- Sand and salt, and a mass of iron is easier to bear, than a man without sense, that is both foolish and wicked. Sir. 22:18
- Take from me the greediness of the belly, and let not the lusts of the flesh take hold of me, and give me not over to a shameless and foolish mind. Sir. 23:6
- Be not ashamed to inform the unwise and foolish, and the aged, that are judged by young men: and thou shalt be well instructed in all things, and well approved in the sight of all men living. Sir. 42:8
- They that sit on mount Seir, and the Philistines, and the foolish people that dwell in Sichem. Sir. 50:28
- The princes of Tanis are become fools, the wise counsellors of Pharao have given foolish counsel: how will you say to Pharao: I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? Isa. 19:11
- For the fool will speak foolish things, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty. Isa. 32:6
- Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart adoreth it, and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand. Isa. 44:20
- That make void the tokens of diviners, and make the soothsayers mad. That turn the wise backward, and that make their knowledge foolish. Isa. 44:25
- For my foolish people have not known me: they are foolish and senseless children: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Jer. 4:22
- But I said: Perhaps these are poor and foolish, that know not the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God. Jer. 5:4
- Hear, O foolish people, and without understanding: who have eyes, and see not: and ears, and hear not. Jer. 5:21
- They shall be all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood. Jer. 10:8
- A sword upon her diviners, and they shall be foolish: a sword upon her valiant ones, and they shall be dismayed. Jer. 50:36
- Every man is become foolish by his knowledge: every founder is confounded by his idol, for what he hath cast is a lie, and there is no breath in them. Jer. 51:17
- Nun. Thy prophets have seen false and foolish things for thee: and they have not laid open thy iniquity, to excite thee to penance: but they have seen for thee false revelations and banishments. Lam. 2:14
- Thus saith the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets that follow their own spirit, and see nothing. Ezec. 13:3
- But he standing in the midst of them, said: Are ye so foolish, ye children of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth, you have condemned a daughter of Israel? Dan. 13:48
- The days of visitation are come, the days of repaying are come: know ye, O Israel, that the prophet was foolish, the spiritual man was mad, for the multitude of thy iniquity, and the multitude of thy madness. Osee 9:7
- And the Lord said to me: Take to thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. Zach. 11:15
- Here then we will begin the narration: let this be enough by way of a preface: for it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue, and to be short in the story itself. 2 Ma. 2:33
- And every one that heareth these my words and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand, Mt. 7:26
- Ye foolish and blind: for whether is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? Mt. 23:17
- Ye foolish and blind: for whether is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Mt. 23:19
- And five of them were foolish and five wise. Mt. 25:2
- But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them. Mt. 25:3
- And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out. Mt. 25:8
- Then he said to them: O foolish and slow of heart to believe in all things, Which the prophets have spoken. Lk. 24:25
- Because that, when they knew God, they have not glorified him as God or given thanks: but became vain in their thoughts. And their foolish heart was darkened. Rom. 1:21
- Foolish, dissolute: without affection, without fidelity, without mercy. Rom. 1:31
- An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of infants, having the form of knowledge and of truth in the law. Rom. 2:20
- But I say: Hath not Israel known? First, Moses saith: I will provoke you to jealousy by that which is not a nation: by a foolish nation I will anger you. Rom. 10:19
- Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1 Cor. 1:20
- But the foolish things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the wise: and the weak things of the world hath God chosen, that he may confound the strong. 1 Cor. 1:27
- I say again (Let no man think me to be foolish: otherwise take me as one foolish, that I also may glory a little): 2 Cor. 11:16
- For you gladly suffer the foolish: whereas yourselves are wise. 2 Cor. 11:19
- For though I should have a mind to glory, I shall not be foolish: for I will say the truth. But I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth in me, or any thing he heareth from me. 2 Cor. 12:6
- I am become foolish. You have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you. For I have no way come short of them that are above measure apostles, although I be nothing. 2 Cor. 12:11
- Are you so foolish that, whereas you began in the Spirit, you would now be made perfect by the flesh? Gal. 3:3
- Or obscenity or foolish talking or scurrility, which is to no purpose: but rather giving of thanks. Eph. 5:4
- But avoid foolish and old wives' fables: and exercise thyself unto godliness. 1 Tim. 4:7
- And avoid foolish and unlearned questions, knowing that they beget strifes. 2 Tim. 2:23
- But avoid foolish questions and genealogies and contentions and strivings about the law. For they are unprofitable and vain. Tit. 3:9
- For so is the will of God, that by doing well you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 1 Pet. 2:15