37 occurrences

'Folly' in the Bible

then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed an act of folly in Israel by playing the harlot in her father’s house; thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

disgraceBanishmentPunishment, Legal Aspects OfDeath Penalty For Sexual SinInstructions About StoningsexDeath Of A MotherDeath Of A FatherSex Before MarriageFamily DeathFather And Daughter RelationshipsFathers And Daughtersmistresspremaritalwhoresvirginity

Then the man, the owner of the house, went out to them and said to them, “No, my fellows, please do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, do not commit this act of folly.

Lordship, Human And Divine

Here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Please let me bring them out that you may ravish them and do to them whatever you wish. But do not commit such an act of folly against this man.”

daughtersGirlsVirginAbusemistressharassmentvirginity

Please do not let my lord pay attention to this worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

Folly, Examples OfFoolish PeoplePeople With Apt Names

“From the city men groan,And the souls of the wounded cry out;Yet God does not pay attention to folly.

Purgatory

Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”

Folly, Effects OfIntercessory PrayerSeven AnimalsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

I will hear what God the Lord will say;For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones;But let them not turn back to folly.

Folly, Effects OfApostasy, Personal WarningsPeace, Divine In OtSaintsSpiritual PeacePaying Attention To GodPeace And StrengthPromisesspeakingpeople

He will die for lack of instruction,And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.

Fools, Characteristics OfFolly, Effects OfDeath For Other ReasonsFalling Away From God

The woman of folly is boisterous,She is naive and knows nothing.

WantonnessA Good Womanignorancewoman

The naive inherit foolishness,But the sensible are crowned with knowledge.

PrudenceValuing Knowledge

The crown of the wise is their riches,But the folly of fools is foolishness.

Wisdom Gives Wealth

The mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge,But the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

Folly, Effects OfStudyKnowledgeSeeking For Abstract ThingsValuing Knowledge

Folly is joy to him who lacks sense,But a man of understanding walks straight.

Discernment, Nature OfDestitutesWisdom, Human Importance

Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs,Rather than a fool in his folly.

BearsEvil AssociationsMeeting PeopleBereavementFoolsMotherhood

Answer a fool as his folly deserves,That he not be wise in his own eyes.

False WisdomAnsweringFoolsanswers

Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain,Yet his foolishness will not depart from him.

Folly, Effects OfGrindingBricksGrinding People

And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind.

Studying InsanityUseless Endeavour

I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives.

AlcoholDrinking WineUnder The SunBeing Happy And Enjoying LifeEnjoying Lifeexploring

So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done?

Studying InsanityNature Of Kings

And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness.

Light And DarknessBenefits Of Wisdom

I directed my mind to know, to investigate and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of folly and the foolishness of madness.

InvestigatingStudying Insanity

the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness.

Vain TalkBeginning And EndPeople Acting Madly

But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes’s and Jambres’s folly was also.

Folly, Effects OfManifesting (making Something Clear)Foolishness Of MenAspects Of People Made Knowncancer

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
רדף 
Radaph 
Usage: 143

διώκω 
Dioko 
Usage: 28

ἐπακολουθέω 
Epakoloutheo 
Usage: 4

κατακολουθέω 
Katakoloutheo 
Usage: 2

אוּלת 
'ivveleth 
Usage: 25

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

אחר 
'acher 
Usage: 166

אחרן אחרין 
'acharown 
Usage: 50

אסון 
'acown 
Usage: 5

גּדרה 
G@derah 
Usage: 9

גּליל 
Galiyl 
Usage: 4

דּבק 
Dabaq 
Usage: 54

דּבּר דּבר 
Dober 
Usage: 3

חבק 
Chabaq 
Usage: 13

חבּק 
Chibbuq 
Usage: 2

ילך 
Yalak 
go , walk , come , depart , ...away , follow , get , lead , brought , carry , bring ,
Usage: 0

כּסל 
Kecel 
Usage: 13

כּסלה 
Kiclah 
Usage: 2

לאום לאם 
L@om 
Usage: 35

מכלה מכלאה 
Mikla'ah 
Usage: 3

נבלה 
N@balah 
Usage: 13

נוה נוה 
Naveh 
Usage: 35

סבך 
Cabak 
Usage: 2

סכל 
Cekel 
Usage: 1

שׂכלוּת סכלוּת 
Cikluwth 
Usage: 7

עם 
`am 
Usage: 1867

רגל 
Regel 
Usage: 247

תּפלה 
Tiphlah 
Usage: 3

ἀκολουθέω 
Akoloutheo 
Usage: 67

ἄνοια 
Anoia 
Usage: 2

ἄῤῥωστος 
Arrhostos 
sick , sick folk , be sick , sickly
Usage: 4

αὐλή 
Aule 
Usage: 9

ἀφροσύνη 
Aphrosune 
Usage: 3

δεῦτε 
Deute 
come , follow 9
Usage: 3

ἑλίσσω 
helisso 
fold them up
Usage: 1

ἐξακολουθέω 
Exakoloutheo 
Usage: 3

ἑξῆς 
hexes 
Usage: 5

ἐπαύριον 
Epaurion 
Usage: 17

ἐπιοῦσα 
Epiousa 
Usage: 5

καταδιώκω 
Katadioko 
Usage: 1

μιμέομαι 
Mimeomai 
Usage: 4

μιμητής 
Mimetes 
Usage: 7

ὄπίσω 
Opiso 
Usage: 20

παρακολουθέω 
Parakoloutheo 
Usage: 3

ποίμνη 
Poimne 
Usage: 3

συμμιμητής 
Summimetes 
Usage: 1

συνακολουθέω 
sunakoloutheo 
Usage: 2

τριάκοντα 
Triakonta 
Usage: 7

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