Deuteronomy 32:6
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
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Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Read in context →For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
Read in context →13 occurrences in 13 verses.
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kᵉçîyl · kes-eel'
properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly
Strong's KJV usage: fool(-ish).
Strong's first: Proverbs 10:1Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 10:15
Open full H3684 profile →mōrós · mo-ros'
dull or stupid (as if shut up), i.e. heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd
Strong's KJV usage: :--fool(-ish, X -ishness).
Strong's first: Matthew 7:26Strong's last: Titus 3:9
Open full G3474 profile →ʼĕvîyl · ev-eel'
(figuratively) silly
Strong's KJV usage: fool(-ish) (man).
Strong's first: Job 5:3Strong's last: Jeremiah 4:22
Open full H191 profile →nâbâl · naw-bawl'
stupid; wicked (especially impious)
Strong's KJV usage: fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:6Strong's last: Ezekiel 13:3
Open full H5036 profile →anóētos · an-o'-ay-tos
unintelligent; by implication, sensual
Strong's KJV usage: :--fool(-ish), unwise.
Strong's first: Galatians 3:1Strong's last: Titus 3:3
Open full G453 profile →asýnetos · as-oon'-ay-tos
unintelligent; by implication, wicked
Strong's KJV usage: :--foolish, without understanding.
Strong's first: Romans 1:21Strong's last: Romans 10:19
Open full G801 profile →áphrōn · af'-rone
properly, mindless, i.e. stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving
Strong's KJV usage: :--fool(-ish), unwise.
Strong's first: Romans 2:20Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:15
Open full G878 profile →hâlal · haw-lal'
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
Strong's KJV usage: (make) boast (self), celebrate, commend, (deal, make), fool(-ish, -ly), glory, give (light), be (make, feign self) mad (against), give in marriage, (sing, be worthy of) praise, rage, renowned, shine.
Strong's first: Psalms 5:5Strong's last: Psalms 73:3
Open full H1984 profile →çâkâl · saw-kawl'
silly
Strong's KJV usage: fool(-ish), sottish.
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 7:17Strong's last: Jeremiah 5:21
Open full H5530 profile →mōraínō · mo-rah'-ee-no
to become insipid; figuratively, to make (passively, act) as a simpleton
Strong's KJV usage: :--become fool, make foolish, lose savour.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 1:20Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 1:20
Open full G3471 profile →ʼĕvilîy · ev-ee-lee'
silly, foolish; hence (morally) impious
Strong's KJV usage: foolish.
Strong's first: Zechariah 11:15Strong's last: Zechariah 11:15
Open full H196 profile →ʼivveleth · iv-veh'-leth
silliness
Strong's KJV usage: folly, foolishly(-ness).
Strong's first: Proverbs 14:1Strong's last: Proverbs 14:1
Open full H200 profile →baʻar · bah'-ar
properly, foot (as consumed); i.e. (by exten.) of cattle brutishness; (concretely) stupid
Strong's KJV usage: brutish (person), foolish.
Strong's first: Psalms 73:22Strong's last: Psalms 73:22
Open full H1198 profile →yâʼal · yaw-al'
properly, to be slack, i.e. (figuratively) to be foolish
Strong's KJV usage: dote, be (become, do) foolish(-ly).
Strong's first: Jeremiah 5:4Strong's last: Jeremiah 5:4
Open full H2973 profile →kᵉçîylûwth · kes-eel-ooth'
silliness
Strong's KJV usage: foolish.
Strong's first: Proverbs 9:13Strong's last: Proverbs 9:13
Open full H3687 profile →kâçal · kaw-sal'
properly, to be fat, i.e. (figuratively) silly
Strong's KJV usage: be foolish.
Strong's first: Jeremiah 10:8Strong's last: Jeremiah 10:8
Open full H3688 profile →çâkal · saw-kal'
to be silly
Strong's KJV usage: do (make, play the, turn into) fool(-ish, -ishly, -ishness).
Strong's first: Isaiah 44:25Strong's last: Isaiah 44:25
Open full H5528 profile →pᵉthîy · peth-ee'
silly (i.e. seducible)
Strong's KJV usage: foolish, simple(-icity, one).
Strong's first: Proverbs 9:6Strong's last: Proverbs 9:6
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Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out.
Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.
An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law.
But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.
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?
But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you?
Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.
But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
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FOOL'ISH, adjective
1. Void of understanding or sound judgment; weak in intellect; applied to general character.
2. Unwise; imprudent; acting without judgment or discretion in particular things.
3. Proceeding from folly, or marked with folly; silly; vain; trifling.
But foolish questions avoid. 2 Timothy 2:23.
4. Ridiculous; despicable.
A foolish figure he must make.
5. In scripture, wicked; sinful; acting without regard to the divine law and glory, or to one's own eternal happiness.
O foolish Galatians - Galatians 3:1.
6. Proceeding from depravity; sinful; as foolish lusts. 1 Timothy 6:9.
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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