1) be foolish, foolish 1a) (subst) 1a1) of one who despises wisdom 1a2) of one who mocks when guilty 1a3) of one who is quarrelsome 1a4) of one who is licentious
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H191 — אֱוִיל
e.vil · fool(ish) · Hebrew/Aramaic
26 tagged verse occurrences
Job 5:2 · לֶֽ֭אֱוִילFor wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.Job 5:3 · אֱוִ֣ילI have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.Psalm 107:17 · אֱ֭וִלִיםFools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.Proverbs 1:7 · אֱוִילִ֥יםThe fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.Proverbs 7:22 · אֱוִֽיל׃He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;Proverbs 10:8 · וֶאֱוִ֥ילThe wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.Proverbs 10:10 · וֶאֱוִ֥ילHe that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.Proverbs 10:14 · אֱ֝וִילWise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.Proverbs 10:21 · וֶֽ֝אֱוִילִ֗יםThe lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.Proverbs 11:29 · אֱ֝וִ֗ילHe that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool [shall be] servant to the wise of heart.Proverbs 12:15 · אֱ֭וִילThe way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise.Proverbs 12:16 · אֱוִ֗ילA fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.Proverbs 14:3 · אֱ֭וִילIn the mouth of the foolish [is] a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.Proverbs 14:9 · אֱ֭וִלִיםFools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous [there is] favour.Proverbs 15:5 · אֱוִ֗ילA fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.Proverbs 16:22 · אֱוִלִ֣יםUnderstanding [is] a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools [is] folly.Proverbs 17:28 · אֱוִ֣ילEven a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: [and] he that shutteth his lips [is esteemed] a man of understanding.Proverbs 20:3 · אֱ֝וִ֗יל[It is] an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.Proverbs 24:7 · לֶֽאֱוִ֣ילWisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.Proverbs 27:3 · אֱ֝וִ֗ילA stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath [is] heavier than them both.Proverbs 27:22 · הָאֱוִ֨יל׀Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, [yet] will not his foolishness depart from him.Proverbs 29:9 · אֱוִ֑יל[If] a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, [there is] no rest.Isaiah 19:11 · אֱוִלִים֙Surely the princes of Zoan [are] fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I [am] the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?Isaiah 35:8 · וֶאֱוִילִ֖יםAnd an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it [shall be] for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err [therein].Jeremiah 4:22 · אֱוִ֣ילFor my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.Hosea 9:7 · אֱוִ֣ילThe days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know [it]: the prophet [is] a fool, the spiritual man [is] mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.