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 provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,Job 5:3 · אֱוִ֣ילI—I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,Psalm 107:17 · אֱ֭וִלִיםFools, by means of their transgression, And by their iniquities, afflict themselves.Proverbs 1:7 · אֱוִילִ֥יםFear of Jehovah is a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!Proverbs 7:22 · אֱוִֽיל׃He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool,Proverbs 10:8 · וֶאֱוִ֥ילThe wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.Proverbs 10:10 · וֶאֱוִ֥ילWhoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.Proverbs 10:14 · אֱ֝וִילThe wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.Proverbs 10:21 · וֶֽ֝אֱוִילִ֗יםThe lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.Proverbs 11:29 · אֱ֝וִ֗ילWhoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant is the fool to the wise of heart.Proverbs 12:15 · אֱ֭וִילThe way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.Proverbs 12:16 · אֱוִ֗ילThe fool—in a day is his anger known, And the prudent is covering shame.Proverbs 14:3 · אֱ֭וִילIn the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.Proverbs 14:9 · אֱ֭וִלִיםFools mock at a guilt-offering, And among the upright—a pleasing thing.Proverbs 15:5 · אֱוִ֗ילA fool despiseth the instruction of his father, And whoso is regarding reproof is prudent.Proverbs 16:22 · אֱוִלִ֣יםA fountain of life is understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.Proverbs 17:28 · אֱוִ֣ילEven a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!Proverbs 20:3 · אֱ֝וִ֗ילAn honour to a man is cessation from strife, And every fool intermeddleth.Proverbs 24:7 · לֶֽאֱוִ֣ילWisdom is high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.Proverbs 27:3 · אֱ֝וִ֗ילA stone is heavy, and the sand is heavy, And the anger of a fool Is heavier than they both.Proverbs 27:22 · הָאֱוִ֨יל׀If thou dost beat the foolish in a mortar, Among washed things—with a pestle, His folly turneth not aside from off him.Proverbs 29:9 · אֱוִ֑ילA wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.Isaiah 19:11 · אֱוִלִים֙Only, fools are the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh hath become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, ‘A son of the wise am I, a son of kings of antiquity?’Isaiah 35:8 · וֶאֱוִילִ֖יםAnd a highway hath been there, and a way, And the ‘way of holiness’ is called to it, Not pass over it doth the unclean, And He Himself is by them, Whoso is going in the way—even fools err not.Jeremiah 4:22 · אֱוִ֣ילFor my people are foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons are they, yea, they are not intelligent, Wise are they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.Hosea 9:7 · אֱוִ֣ילCome in have the days of inspection, Come in have the days of recompence, Israel doth know! a fool is the prophet, Mad is the man of the Spirit, Because of the abundance of thine iniquity, And great is the hatred.