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Thompson Chain Reference
• Wisdom-Folly
• Folly
The Topic Concordance
• Folly
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Josiah; Folly
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Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Fool, Folly
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Fool, Foolishness, Folly
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Folly
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Speculations: Their Folly
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Fool, Foolishness, and Folly
King James Dictionary
• Folly
Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
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• Follies
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• Folly
• Fool; Folly
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Folly and Fool
Lexicons
• ܒ݁ܶܕ݂ܝܳܐ
• ܫܳܛܝܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ
• Oxymoron; or Wise-Folly
• ἄνοια
• ἀφροσύνη
• אִוֶּלֶת
• כְּסִילותּ
• כֶּסֶל , כֶּסֶל
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According to Mr. Locke, consists in the drawing of false conclusions from just principles, by which it is distinguished from madness, which draws just conclusions from false principles. But this seems too confined a definition. Folly, in its most general acceptation, denotes a weakness of intellect or apprehension, or some partial absurdity in sentiment or conduct.

See EVIL, SIN.