58 occurrences

'Fool' in the Bible

Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly."

Folly, Examples Ofenemies, of believersRegretEnemies, Christian Response ToFoolish PeoplePersonal GoodWe Have Sinnedsaul

The king lamented for Abner, and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies?

Counted As Fools

He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose.

Being Killed Like An AnimalKilled Like An AnimalDeerimpulsiveness

One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

GriefAbasing PeopleEvil EyesWinkingHeartache

A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.

FloggingRebukeOne HundredAdvice On Beating PeopleReproving PeopleDiscernmentrebuking

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

BearsEvil AssociationsMeeting PeopleBereavementFoolsMotherhood

Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?

Money, Attitudes ToEducationSchoolFoolsinvesting

Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.

Far From HereIn FrontDiscernmentFocusFoolsDirection

Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

SilenceFoolishnessHow Silence Is WiseFools

Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

DissipationPromotionSurplusUnfitting ThingsUnsuitable Ruleego

Wisdom is too high for a fool: he doesn't open his mouth in the gate.

Business At The GatewayPeople Being SilentWisdom And Guidance

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

False WisdomAnsweringFoolsanswers

One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.

Pursuing ViolenceCutting Off Hands And Feet

As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.

ChanceHiringWounds

Though you grind a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with grain, yet his foolishness will not be removed from him.

Folly, Effects OfGrindingBricksGrinding People

If a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.

LawsuitsScoffing

The wise man's eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness -- and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.

Equality Of FateSpiritual PerceptionDarkness Of Evilfate

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

Equality Of FateUseless EndeavourWise Man Or Foolfate

For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!

Equality Of FateForgetting PeopleDeath Is UniversalWise Man Or FoolWisdom

Who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

Useless EndeavourUnder The SunWise Man Or Fool

The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.

For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?

AdvantagesPoor PeopleWise Man Or Fool

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

VanityThornsUseless EndeavourWeedpot

Yes also, when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.

LifestylesAspects Of People Made Known

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.

Fools

A fool also multiplies words. Man doesn't know what will be; and that which will be after him, who can tell him?

MultiplyingWithheld KnowledgeUnknown FutureToo Many Words

The fool will no longer be called noble, nor the scoundrel be highly respected.

Counted As Foolsheroes

For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, To make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

Fools, Characteristics OfMind, The HumanMorality, And CreationSin, Nature OfHypocrites, Description OfMischiefBeing MisleadStingy PeopleErrorHypocrisy

The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool, and the man who is inspired to be insane, because of the abundance of your sins, and because your hostility is great.

Folly, Examples OfAttitudes Of HostilityPersecution, Forms OfRejection Of God, Results OfReward, DivineThe Recompense Of The WickedVisitationProphecy IgnoredCounted As FoolsHating The RighteousKnowing FactsReckoned Insanedistractions

Let no one deceive himself. If anyone thinks that he is wise among you in this world, let him become a fool, that he may become wise.

AcademicsPride, Examples OfThoughtWisdom, Source Of HumanFalse WisdomFoolish PeopleDeceiving OneselfBe Wise!FoolsDeceptionwise

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אויל 
'eviyl 
Usage: 26

אולי 
'eviliy 
Usage: 1

אוּלת 
'ivveleth 
Usage: 25

בּער 
Ba`ar 
Usage: 5

הלל 
Halal 
Usage: 165

יאל 
Ya'al 
Usage: 4

כּסיל 
K@ciyl 
Usage: 70

כּסילוּת 
K@ciyluwth 
Usage: 1

כּסל 
Kacal 
Usage: 1

נבל 
Nabel 
Usage: 25

נבל 
Nabal 
Usage: 18

סכל 
Cakal 
Usage: 8

סכל 
Cakal 
Usage: 7

שׂכלוּת סכלוּת 
Cikluwth 
Usage: 7

פּתאי פּתי פּתי 
P@thiy 
Usage: 19

תּפל 
Taphel 
Usage: 7

תּפלה 
Tiphlah 
Usage: 3

ἀνόητος 
Anoetos 
Usage: 5

ἄσοφος 
Asophos 
Usage: 1

ἀσύνετος 
Asunetos 
Usage: 3

ἀφροσύνη 
Aphrosune 
Usage: 3

ἄφρων 
Aphron 
Usage: 9

μωραίνω 
Moraino 
Usage: 2

μωρία 
Moria 
Usage: 5

μωρολογία 
Morologia 
Usage: 1

μωρός 
Moros 
Usage: 6

παραφρονέω 
Paraphroneo 
as a fool
Usage: 1

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