Fool

1 Samuel 26:21

²¹ Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. exceedingly.

2 Samuel 3:33

³³ And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?

Psalms 14:1

¹ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.

Psalms 53:1

¹ To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David.

The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.

Psalms 92:6

⁶ A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

Psalms 49:10

¹⁰ For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.

Proverbs 9:6

⁶ Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding.

Proverbs 9:7

⁷ He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Proverbs 9:8

⁸ Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

Proverbs 10:8

⁸ The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 14:7

⁷ Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

Proverbs 14:8

⁸ The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

Proverbs 14:9

⁹ Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.

Proverbs 15:5

⁵ A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Proverbs 17:7

⁷ Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Proverbs 18:2

² A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

Proverbs 18:6

⁶ A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

Proverbs 18:7

⁷ A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Proverbs 19:1

¹ Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Proverbs 20:3

³ It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Proverbs 23:9

⁹ Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Proverbs 24:7

⁷ Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Proverbs 26:1

¹ As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

Proverbs 26:3

³ A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

Proverbs 26:4

⁴ Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Proverbs 26:5

⁵ Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Proverbs 26:6

⁶ He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

Proverbs 26:7

⁷ The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 26:8

⁸ As he that bindeth bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Proverbs 26:9

⁹ As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.

Proverbs 7:22

²² He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Proverbs 9:13

¹³ A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.

Proverbs 9:14

¹⁴ For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,

Proverbs 9:15

¹⁵ To call passengers passengers who go right on their ways:

Proverbs 9:16

¹⁶ Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,

Proverbs 9:17

¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

Proverbs 10:10

¹⁰ He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 10:13

¹³ In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.

Proverbs 10:14

¹⁴ Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

Proverbs 10:18

¹⁸ He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

Proverbs 10:23

²³ It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Proverbs 11:29

²⁹ He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Proverbs 12:15

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Proverbs 13:16

¹⁶ Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

Proverbs 14:16

¹⁶ A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

Proverbs 15:20

²⁰ A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

Proverbs 15:21

²¹ Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

Proverbs 17:10

¹⁰ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Proverbs 17:12

¹² Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Proverbs 17:16

¹⁶ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

Proverbs 17:21

²¹ He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

Proverbs 17:24

²⁴ Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Proverbs 17:25

²⁵ A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

Proverbs 17:28

²⁸ Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

Proverbs 19:10

¹⁰ Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Proverbs 26:10

¹⁰ The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

Proverbs 26:11

¹¹ As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Proverbs 26:12

¹² Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 27:22

²² Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Proverbs 28:26

²⁶ He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Proverbs 29:11

¹¹ A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

Proverbs 29:20

²⁰ Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Proverbs 30:22

²² For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;

Ecclesiastes 4:5

⁵ The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.

Ecclesiastes 6:8

⁸ For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

Ecclesiastes 7:6

⁶ For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 10:3

³ Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool.

Ecclesiastes 2:14

¹⁴ The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.

Ecclesiastes 2:15

¹⁵ Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

¹⁶ For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.

¹⁹ And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.

Ecclesiastes 10:11

¹¹ Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

¹² The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Ecclesiastes 10:13

¹³ The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness.

Ecclesiastes 10:14

¹⁴ A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?

Ecclesiastes 10:15

¹⁵ The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

Jeremiah 17:11

¹¹ As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.

Hosea 9:7

⁷ The 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.

Matthew 5:22

²² But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.

Matthew 7:26

²⁶ And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

Matthew 7:27

²⁷ And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

Luke 12:20

²⁰ But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?

1 Corinthians 3:18

¹⁸ Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.

1 Corinthians 15:36

³⁶ Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

2 Corinthians 12:6

⁶ For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of of me.

2 Corinthians 11:16

¹⁶ I say again, Let no man think me me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.

2 Corinthians 11:23

²³ Are they ministers of Christ? I speak as a fool I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

2 Corinthians 12:11

¹¹ I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, apostles, though I be nothing.

Strong's Number G878

Strong's Number:

G878

Greek:

ἄφρων

Transliteration:

aphron

Pronunciation:

af'-rone

Part of Speech:

Adjective

Strong's Definition:

from G1 (as a negative particle) and G5424; properly, mindless, i.e. stupid, (by implication) ignorant, (specially) egotistic, (practically) rash, or (morally) unbelieving:--fool(-ish), unwise.

IPD Definition:

without reason
senseless, foolish, stupid
without reflection or intelligence, acting rashly

Strong's Number G878 Bible Verses

Strong's Number H191

Strong's Number:

H191

Hebrew:

אֱוִיל

Transliteration:

'eviyl

Pronunciation:

ev-eel'

Part of Speech:

Adjective Masculine

Strong's Definition:

from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); (figuratively) silly:--fool(-ish) (man).

IPD Definition:

be foolish, foolish
1. (subst)
  1. of one who despises wisdom
  2. of one who mocks when guilty
  3. of one who is quarrelsome
  4. of one who is licentious

Strong's Number H191 Bible Verses

Strong's Number G3474

Strong's Number:

G3474

Greek:

μωρός

Transliteration:

moros

Pronunciation:

mo-ros'

Part of Speech:

Adjective

Strong's Definition:

probably from the base of G3466; dull or stupid (as if shut up), i.e. heedless, (morally) blockhead, (apparently) absurd:--fool(-ish, × -ishness).

IPD Definition:

foolish
impious, godless

Strong's Number G3474 Bible Verses

Strong's Number G3912

Strong's Number:

G3912

Greek:

παραφρονέω

Transliteration:

paraphroneo

Pronunciation:

par-af-ron-eh'-o

Part of Speech:

Verb

Strong's Definition:

from G3844 and G5426; to misthink, i.e. be insane (silly):--as a fool.

IPD Definition:

to be beside one's self, out of one's senses, void of understanding, insane

Strong's Number G3912 Bible Verses

Strong's Number H3684

Strong's Number:

H3684

Hebrew:

כְּסִיל

Transliteration:

kciyl

Pronunciation:

kes-eel'

Part of Speech:

Noun Masculine

Strong's Definition:

from H3688; properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly:--fool(-ish).

IPD Definition:

fool, stupid fellow, dullard, simpleton, arrogant one

Strong's Number H3684 Bible Verses

Strong's Number H5036

Strong's Number:

H5036

Hebrew:

נָבָל

Transliteration:

nabal

Pronunciation:

naw-bawl'

Part of Speech:

Adjective

Strong's Definition:

from H5034; stupid; wicked (especially impious):-- fool(-ish, -ish man, -ish woman), vile person.

IPD Definition:

foolish, senseless, fool

Strong's Number H5036 Bible Verses

Strong's Number H5528

Strong's Number:

H5528

Hebrew:

סָכַל

Transliteration:

cakal

Pronunciation:

saw-kal'

Part of Speech:

Verb

Strong's Definition:

for H3688; to be silly:--do (make, play the, turn into) fool(-ish, -ishly, -ishness).

IPD Definition:

to be foolish, be a fool
1. (Piel) to make foolish, turn into foolishness
2. (Niphal) to act or do foolishly
3. (Hiphil) to do foolishly, play the fool

Strong's Number H5528 Bible Verses

Strong's Number H5530

Strong's Number:

H5530

Hebrew:

סָכָל

Transliteration:

cakal

Pronunciation:

saw-kawl'

Part of Speech:

Noun Masculine

Strong's Definition:

from H5528; silly:--fool(-ish), sottish.

IPD Definition:

fool

Strong's Number H5530 Bible Verses

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