H191

אויל

ahwayal

Masculine adjective · From an unused root (meaning to be perverse)

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

Outline

be foolish, foolish

(subst)

of one who despises wisdom
of one who mocks when guilty
of one who is quarrelsome
of one who is licentious

Usages

Job 5:2

For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

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Job 5:3

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

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Psalms 107:17

Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.

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Proverbs 1:7

¶ The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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Proverbs 7:22

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

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Proverbs 10:8

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

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Proverbs 10:10

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

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Proverbs 10:14

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

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Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

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Proverbs 11:29

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

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Proverbs 12:15

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

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Proverbs 12:16

A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

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Proverbs 14:3

In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.

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Proverbs 14:9

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

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Proverbs 15:5

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

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Proverbs 16:22

Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.

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Proverbs 17:28

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

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Proverbs 20:3

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

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Proverbs 24:7

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

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Proverbs 27:3

A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.

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Proverbs 27:22

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

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Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

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Isaiah 19:11

¶ Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?

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Isaiah 35:8

And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.

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Jeremiah 4:22

For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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Hosea 4:6 Amos 9:8 Zechariah 13:8 2 Esdras 8:55

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Hosea 9:7

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.

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