Strong's Hebrew · H191

אֱוִיל

ʼĕvîyl · ev-eel'

fool(-ish) (man).

Definition

(figuratively) silly

Derivation

from an unused root (meaning to be perverse);

Appears 26 times in Scripture

Proverbs 10:8

A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

Proverbs 10:10

He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 7:22

He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,

Proverbs 1:7

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.

Psalms 107:17

Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.

Job 5:3

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

Job 5:2

For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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