KJV dictionary & concordance
Lacking wisdom or sound judgment; not prudent or well directed.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Deuteronomy 32:6
Complete exact-word concordance
Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Doe ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people, & vnwise? Is not he thy Father that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee, and established thee?
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
The sorrowes of a traueiling woman shall come vpon him, he is an vnwise sonne, for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking foorth of children.
1611 marginal noteHebr. a time.
I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
I am debter both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians, both to the wise, and to the vnwise.
Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Wherefore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstanding what the will of the Lord is.
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