How many times is the word foolishness in the bible?

Answer 1

In the King James version

the word - foolishness - appears 20 times

1. 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. Psa 38:5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
3. Psa 69:5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.
4. Pro 12:23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
5. Pro 14:24 The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
6. Pro 15:2 The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.
7. Pro 15:14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.
8. Pro 19:3 The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
9. Pro 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
10. Pro 24:9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
11. Pro 27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
12. Ecc 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:
13. Ecc 10:13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.
14. Mar 7:22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
15. 1 Cor 1:18 For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
16. 1 Cor 1:21 For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
17. 1 Cor 1:23 But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
18. 1 Cor 1:25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
19. 1 Cor 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
20. 1 Cor 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.