Cloud of WitnessesBeta
3 witnesses

Strong’s H200 · Hebrew

אִוֶּלֶת

ʼivveleth · iv-veh'-leth

Origin from the same as אֱוִיל (H191);

Meaning silliness

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

In 24 verses of the King James Version

  1. Psalms 38:5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
  2. Psalms 69:5O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
  3. Proverbs 5:23He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray.
  4. Proverbs 12:23A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
  5. Proverbs 13:16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
  6. Proverbs 14:1Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
  7. Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
  8. Proverbs 14:17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
  9. Proverbs 14:18The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
  10. Proverbs 14:24The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
  11. Proverbs 14:29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
  12. Proverbs 15:2The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
  13. Proverbs 15:14The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
  14. Proverbs 15:21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
  15. Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
  16. Proverbs 17:12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
  17. Proverbs 18:13He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.
  18. Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
  19. Proverbs 22:15Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
  20. Proverbs 24:9The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
  21. Proverbs 26:4Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
  22. Proverbs 26:5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.
  23. Proverbs 26:11As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.
  24. Proverbs 27:22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

אִוֶּלֶת (H200) · Strong’s · Cloud of Witnesses