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Ecclesiastes 2:12

Bible Rank: 8,791
Then I turned my thoughts to consider wisdom, and also madness and folly. What more can the king's successor do than what has already been done? NIV
So I turned to consider [human] wisdom and madness and folly; for what can the man do who succeeds the king? Nothing but what has been done already. AMP
And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. KJV

Judges 19:23

Bible Rank: 9,078
The owner of the house went outside and said to them, "No, my friends, don't be so vile. Since this man is my guest, don't do this outrageous thing." NIV
And the man, the master of the house, went out and said to them, No, my kinsmen, I pray you, do not act so wickedly; seeing that this man is my guest, do not do this [wicked] folly. AMP
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. KJV

Ecclesiastes 10:1

Bible Rank: 9,264
As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. NIV
DEAD FLIES cause the ointment of the perfumer to putrefy [and] send forth a vile odor; so does a little folly [in him who is valued for wisdom] outweigh wisdom and honor. AMP
Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. KJV

Joshua 7:15

Bible Rank: 9,364
"Whoever is caught with the devoted things shall be destroyed by fire, along with all that belongs to him. He has violated the covenant of the LORD and has done an outrageous thing in Israel!" NIV
And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be [killed and his body] burned with fire, he and all he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord and because he has done a shameful and wicked thing in Israel. [Josh. 7:25.] AMP
And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. KJV

Proverbs 12:23

Bible Rank: 9,517
The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool's heart blurts out folly. NIV
A prudent man is reluctant to display his knowledge, but the heart of [self-confident] fools proclaims their folly. [Isa. 32:6.] AMP
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. KJV

Proverbs 14:24

Bible Rank: 9,876
The wealth of the wise is their crown, but the folly of fools yields folly. NIV
The crown of the wise is their wealth of Wisdom, but the foolishness of [self-confident] fools is [nothing but] folly. AMP
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. KJV

Ecclesiastes 2:13

Bible Rank: 11,288
I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness. NIV
Then I saw that even [human] wisdom [that brings sorrow] is better than [the pleasures of] folly as far as light is better than darkness. AMP
Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. KJV

Ecclesiastes 10:6

Bible Rank: 12,942
Fools are put in many high positions, while the rich occupy the low ones. NIV
Folly is set in great dignity and in high places, and the rich sit in low places. AMP
Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. KJV

Ecclesiastes 7:25

Bible Rank: 12,943
So I turned my mind to understand, to investigate and to search out wisdom and the scheme of things and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the madness of folly. NIV
I turned about [penitent] and my heart was set to know and to search out and to seek [true] wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly and that foolishness is madness [and what had led me into such wickedness and madness]. AMP
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: KJV

Proverbs 5:23

Bible Rank: 13,019
For lack of discipline they will die, led astray by their own great folly. NIV
He will die for lack of discipline and instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray and be lost. AMP
He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. KJV

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