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The noun mōria (foolishness) in the Bible
(Translation from NRSV for the New Testament and Brenton for the Septuagint with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)
1 Corinthians
| 1: 18 | For the message about the cross is foolishness (mōria) to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. |
| 1: 21 | For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness (mōria) of our proclamation, to save those who believe. |
| 1: 23 | but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness (mōria) to Gentiles |
| 2: 14 | Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness (mōria) to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. |
| 3: 19 | For the wisdom of this world is foolishness (mōria) with God. For it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness," |
Sirah
| 20: 31 | Better is he that hideth his folly (mōria) than a man that hideth his wisdom |
| 41: 15 | A man that hideth his foolishness (mōria) is better than a man that hideth his wisdom |
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