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H0200אִוֶּ֫לֶתiv.ve.let

follyPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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25 occurrences in 24 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Psalms 38:5

    My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.

    אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃ (אִוַּלְתִּֽ) 'i.val.T “folly”

  2. Psalms 69:5

    O God, you see how foolish I am; and my wrongdoing is clear to you.

    לְאִוַּלְתִּ֑י (אִוַּלְתִּ֑) 'i.val.T “folly”

  3. Proverbs 5:23

    He will come to his end for need of teaching; he is so foolish that he will go wandering from the right way.

    אִוַּלְתּ֣וֹ (אִוַּלְתּ֣) 'i.val.T “foolishness”

  4. Proverbs 12:23

    A sharp man keeps back his knowledge; but the heart of foolish men makes clear their foolish thoughts.

    אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ 'i.Ve.let “foolishness”

  5. Proverbs 13:16

    A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.

    אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ 'i.Ve.let “foolishness”

  6. Proverbs 14:1

    Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands.

    וְ֝אִוֶּ֗לֶת (אִוֶּ֗לֶת) 'i.Ve.let “a foolish woman”

  7. Proverbs 14:8

    The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit.

    וְאִוֶּ֖לֶת (אִוֶּ֖לֶת) 'i.Ve.let “[the] foolishness of”

  8. Proverbs 14:17

    He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet.

    אִוֶּ֑לֶת 'i.Ve.let “foolishness”

  9. Proverbs 14:18

    Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge.

    אִוֶּ֑לֶת 'i.Ve.let “foolishness”

  10. Proverbs 14:24

    Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise.

    אִוֶּ֖לֶת 'i.Ve.let “[the] folly of”אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ 'i.Ve.let “[is] folly”

  11. Proverbs 14:29

    He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

    אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ 'i.Ve.let “foolishness”

  12. Proverbs 15:2

    Knowledge is dropping from the tongue of the wise; but from the mouth of the foolish comes a stream of foolish words.

    אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ 'i.Ve.let “foolishness”

  13. Proverbs 15:14

    The heart of the man of good sense goes in search of knowledge, but foolish things are the food of the unwise.

    אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ 'i.Ve.let “foolishness”

  14. Proverbs 15:21

    Foolish behaviour is joy to the unwise; but a man of good sense makes his way straight.

    אִ֭וֶּלֶת 'I.ve.let “foolishness”

  15. Proverbs 16:22

    Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.

    אִוֶּֽלֶת׃ 'i.Ve.let “[is] foolishness”

  16. Proverbs 17:12

    It is better to come face to face with a bear whose young ones have been taken away than with a foolish man acting foolishly.

    בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃ (אִוַּלְתּֽ) 'i.val.T “foolishness”

  17. Proverbs 18:13

    To give an answer before hearing is a foolish thing and a cause of shame.

    אִוֶּ֥לֶת 'i.Ve.let “[is] folly”

  18. Proverbs 19:3

    By his foolish behaviour a man's ways are turned upside down, and his heart is bitter against the Lord.

    אִוֶּ֣לֶת 'i.Ve.let “[the] folly of”

  19. Proverbs 22:15

    Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

    אִ֭וֶּלֶת 'I.ve.let “foolishness”

  20. Proverbs 24:9

    The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.

    אִוֶּ֣לֶת 'i.Ve.let “foolishness”

  21. Proverbs 26:4

    Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.

    כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ (אִוַּלְתּ֑) 'i.val.T “foolishness”

  22. Proverbs 26:5

    Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.

    כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ (אִוַּלְתּ֑) 'i.val.T “foolishness”

  23. Proverbs 26:11

    Like a dog going back to the food which he has not been able to keep down, is the foolish man doing his foolish acts over again.

    בְאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃ (אִוַּלְתּֽ) 'i.val.T “foolishness”

  24. Proverbs 27:22

    Even if a foolish man is crushed with a hammer in a vessel among crushed grain, still his foolish ways will not go from him.

    אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃ (אִוַּלְתּֽ) 'i.val.T “foolishness”