Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'foolish' occurs 73 times in the standard works.

9 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'foolish' in the standard works and contain 12.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 4 minutes to read the entire list.

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Alma 30:13-14 (3 in 2 verses)

Alma 30:23 (2 in 1 verse)

Job 5:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Matt. 25:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 35 23 58
Gen. 0 1 1
Num. 0 1 1
Deut. 2 0 2
1 Sam. 0 1 1
2 Sam. 0 2 2
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 0 1 1
Job 3 1 4
Ps. 6 3 9
Prov. 13 10 23
Eccl. 3 2 5
Isa. 1 0 1
Jer. 4 0 4
Lam. 1 0 1
Ezek. 1 0 1
Zech. 1 0 1
NT 17 9 26
BM 19 4 23
DC 1 0 1
PGP 1 0 1
TOTAL 73 36 109

Gen. 31:28
And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing.

Num. 12:11
And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.

1 Sam. 13:13
And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

2 Sam. 15:31
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

2 Sam. 24:10
And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

1 Chr. 21:8
And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.

2 Chr. 16:9
For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

Job 1:22
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

Ps. 38:5
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

Ps. 69:5
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

Ps. 75:4
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Prov. 12:23
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

Prov. 14:17
He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

Prov. 14:24
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.

Prov. 15:2
The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

Prov. 15:14
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.

Prov. 19:3
The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lord.

Prov. 22:15
Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.

Prov. 24:9
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.

Prov. 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Prov. 30:32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.

Eccl. 7:25
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

Eccl. 10:13
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.