אִוֶּלֶת ʼivveleth

Hebrew · Strong's H200 · pronounced iv-veh'-leth · used 25 times in 24 verses

Meaning

silliness

In the King James Version: folly, foolishly(-ness).

Derivation: from the same as H191 (אֱוִיל);

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Where it is used

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