Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'foolishness' occurs 24 times in the standard works.

2 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'foolishness' in the standard works and contain 8.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 1 minutes to read the entire list.

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2 Ne. 9:28 (2 in 1 verse)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 13 0 13
2 Sam. 1 0 1
Ps. 2 0 2
Prov. 8 0 8
Eccl. 2 0 2
NT 7 0 7
BM 4 0 4
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 24 0 24

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.

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.

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

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.

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.