iv.ve.let denotes the folly displayed in foolish speech, conduct, and a person’s way.

The term consistently names the folly associated with fools and unwise conduct: it is proclaimed or poured out in speech, shapes a person’s way, and is portrayed as persistent rather than corrected.

1. Foolish disposition and conduct · dominant

   In Proverbs 12:23 and Proverbs 15:2, the APB renders clauses in which the heart or lips of fools make folly public, contrasting them with knowledge and wise speech. In Proverbs 19:3, the folly of a man perverts his way; Proverbs 26:11 and Proverbs 27:22 portray a fool’s folly as repeated and not departing. Both absolute and construct noun forms occur within this same usage.

   Proverbs 12:23Proverbs 15:2Proverbs 19:3Proverbs 26:11Proverbs 17:12Proverbs 27:22

In the Anselm Paraphrase: Across the Proverbs occurrences, the APB commonly uses “folly” in clauses about fools, speech, conduct, and a person’s way. In Psalm 38:6 and Psalm 69:6, the paraphrase does not isolate a corresponding English expression for the lemma, so its specific contribution there is unclear.