אִוֶּ֫לֶת
iv.ve.let
foolishness, folly
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Concordance 24 verses
- Psalms 38:5 אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃
My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
- Psalms 69:5 לְאִוַּלְתִּ֑י
You know my folly, O God, and my guilt is not hidden from You.
- Proverbs 5:23 אִוַּלְתּ֣וֹ
He dies for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
- Proverbs 12:23 אִוֶּֽלֶת׃
A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
- Proverbs 13:16 אִוֶּֽלֶת׃
Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
- Proverbs 14:1 וְ֝אִוֶּ֗לֶת
Every wise woman builds her house, but a foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- Proverbs 14:8 וְאִוֶּ֖לֶת
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
- Proverbs 14:17 אִוֶּ֑לֶת
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
- Proverbs 14:18 אִוֶּ֑לֶת
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
- Proverbs 14:24 אִוֶּ֖לֶתאִוֶּֽלֶת׃
The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.
- Proverbs 14:29 אִוֶּֽלֶת׃
A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.
- Proverbs 15:2 אִוֶּֽלֶת׃
The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
- Proverbs 15:14 אִוֶּֽלֶת׃
A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
- Proverbs 15:21 אִ֭וֶּלֶת
Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
- Proverbs 16:22 אִוֶּֽלֶת׃
Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
- Proverbs 17:12 בְּאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃
It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
- Proverbs 18:13 אִוֶּ֥לֶת
He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.
- Proverbs 19:3 אִוֶּ֣לֶת
A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
- Proverbs 22:15 אִ֭וֶּלֶת
Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
- Proverbs 24:9 אִוֶּ֣לֶת
A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men.
- Proverbs 26:4 כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ
Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
- Proverbs 26:5 כְּאִוַּלְתּ֑וֹ
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
- Proverbs 26:11 בְאִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃
As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
- Proverbs 27:22 אִוַּלְתּֽוֹ׃פ
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
