אֱוִיל
e.vil
1. be foolish, foolish
a. (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
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 26 verses
- Job 5:2 לֶֽ֭אֱוִיל
For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
- Job 5:3 אֱוִ֣יל
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
- Psalms 107:17 אֱ֭וִלִים
Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
- Proverbs 1:7 אֱוִילִ֥ים
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
- Proverbs 7:22 אֱוִֽיל׃
He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
- Proverbs 10:8 וֶאֱוִ֥יל
A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
- Proverbs 10:10 וֶאֱוִ֥יל
He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
- Proverbs 10:14 אֱ֝וִיל
The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
- Proverbs 10:21 וֶֽ֝אֱוִילִ֗ים
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
- Proverbs 11:29 אֱ֝וִ֗יל
He who brings trouble on his house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.
- Proverbs 12:15 אֱ֭וִיל
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
- Proverbs 12:16 אֱוִ֗יל
A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
- Proverbs 14:3 אֱ֭וִיל
The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
- Proverbs 14:9 אֱ֭וִלִים
Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
- Proverbs 15:5 אֱוִ֗יל
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
- Proverbs 16:22 אֱוִלִ֣ים
Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
- Proverbs 17:28 אֱוִ֣יל
Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
- Proverbs 20:3 אֱ֝וִ֗יל
It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
- Proverbs 24:7 לֶֽאֱוִ֣יל
Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
- Proverbs 27:3 אֱ֝וִ֗יל
A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
- Proverbs 27:22 הָאֱוִ֨יל׀
Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
- Proverbs 29:9 אֱוִ֑יל
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
- Isaiah 19:11 אֱוִלִים֙
The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?
- Isaiah 35:8 וֶאֱוִילִ֖ים
And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it— only those who walk in the Way— and fools will not stray onto it.
- Jeremiah 4:22 אֱוִ֣יל
“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
- Hosea 9:7 אֱוִ֣יל
The days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived— let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
