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And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
Read in context →But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was.
Read in context →13 occurrences in 13 verses.
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ʼivveleth · iv-veh'-leth
silliness
Strong's KJV usage: folly, foolishly(-ness).
Strong's first: Proverbs 5:23Strong's last: Proverbs 26:11
Open full H200 profile →nᵉbâlâh · neb-aw-law'
foolishness, i.e. (morally) wickedness; concretely, a crime; by extension, punishment
Strong's KJV usage: folly, vile, villany.
Strong's first: Genesis 34:7Strong's last: Isaiah 9:17
Open full H5039 profile →çiklûwth · sik-looth'
silliness
Strong's KJV usage: folly, foolishness.
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 1:17Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 10:1
Open full H5531 profile →keçel · keh'-sel
properly, fatness, i.e. by implication (literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat) or (generally) the viscera; also (figuratively) silliness or (in a good sense) trust
Strong's KJV usage: confidence, flank, folly, hope, loin.
Strong's first: Psalms 49:13Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 7:25
Open full H3689 profile →tiphlâh · tif-law'
frivolity
Strong's KJV usage: folly, foolishly.
Strong's first: Job 24:12Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:13
Open full H8604 profile →ánoia · an'-oy-ah
stupidity; by implication, rage
Strong's KJV usage: :--folly, madness.
Strong's first: 2 Timothy 3:9Strong's last: 2 Timothy 3:9
Open full G454 profile →aphrosýnē · af-ros-oo'-nay
senselessness, i.e. (euphemistically) egotism; (morally) recklessness
Strong's KJV usage: :--folly, foolishly(-ness).
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 11:1Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 11:1
Open full G877 profile →kiçlâh · kis-law'
in a good sense, trust; in a bad one, silliness
Strong's KJV usage: confidence, folly.
Strong's first: Psalms 85:8Strong's last: Psalms 85:8
Open full H3690 profile →çekel · seh'-kal
silliness; concretely and collectively, dolts
Strong's KJV usage: folly.
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 10:6Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 10:6
Open full H5529 profile →tohŏlâh · to-hol-aw'
braggadocio, i.e. (by implication) fatuity
Strong's KJV usage: folly.
Strong's first: Job 4:18Strong's last: Job 4:18
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And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter; which thing ought not to be done.
Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.
And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.
And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel.
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Therefore take unto you now 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, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah.
I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
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FOL'LY, noun [See Fool.]
1. Weakness of intellect; imbecility of mind. want of understanding.
A fool layeth open his folly Proverbs 13:16.
2. A weak or absurd act not highly criminal; an act which is inconsistent with the dictates of reason, or with the ordinary rules of prudence. In this sense it may be used in the singular, but is generally in the plural. Hence we speak of the follies of youth.
3. An absurd act which is highly sinful; any conduct contrary to the laws of God or man; sin; scandalous crimes; that which violates moral precepts and dishonors the offender. Shechem wrought folly in Israel. Achan wrought folly in Israel. Genesis 34:7. Joshua 7:15.
4. Criminal weakness; depravity of mind.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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