Folly (Bible Verses)

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Proverbs 9:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

Proverbs 9:17 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Proverbs 26:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 24:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

Proverbs 10:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Ecclesiastes 10:1 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.

Ecclesiastes 10:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through.

Proverbs 7:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house:

Proverbs 23:27 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

Ecclesiastes 10:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

Ecclesiastes 10:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Ecclesiastes 7:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

Proverbs 1:12 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:

Proverbs 15:5 KJV Bible Verse Image
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A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 14:9 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

Proverbs 26:3 KJV Bible Verse Image
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A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

Proverbs 1:22 KJV Bible Verse Image
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How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

Proverbs 9:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell.

Proverbs 24:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

2 Samuel 13:28 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.

Proverbs 26:8 KJV Bible Verse Image
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As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Proverbs 17:11 KJV Bible Verse Image
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An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

Proverbs 9:6 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Ecclesiastes 9:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good.

Proverbs 14:18 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

Proverbs 21:24 KJV Bible Verse Image
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Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath.

Proverbs 7:19 KJV Bible Verse Image
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For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey:

Ecclesiastes 9:13 KJV Bible Verse Image
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This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me:

Proverbs 26:10 KJV Bible Verse Image
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The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

Genesis 19:34 KJV Bible Verse Image
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.

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