אֱוִיל ʼĕvîyl

Meaning

(figuratively) silly

In the King James Version: fool(-ish) (man).

Derivation: from an unused root (meaning to be perverse);

Where it is used

• Job 5:2 For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
• Job 5:3 I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
• Psalms 107:17 Fools, in their rebellious ways, and through their iniquities, suffered affliction.
• Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
• Proverbs 7:22 He follows her on impulse, like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer bounding into a trap,
• Proverbs 10:8 A wise heart will receive commandments, but foolish lips will come to ruin.
• Proverbs 10:10 He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
• Proverbs 10:14 The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.
• Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
• Proverbs 11:29 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 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to counsel.
• Proverbs 12:16 A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
• Proverbs 14:3 The proud speech of a fool brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
• Proverbs 14:9 Fools mock the making of amends, but goodwill is found among the upright.
• Proverbs 15:5 A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
• Proverbs 16:22 Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
• Proverbs 17:28 Even a fool is considered wise if he keeps silent, and discerning when he holds his tongue.
• Proverbs 20:3 It is honorable for a man to resolve a dispute, but any fool will quarrel.
• Proverbs 24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
• Proverbs 27:3 A stone is heavy and sand is a burden, but aggravation from a fool outweighs them both.
• Proverbs 27:22 Though you grind a fool like grain with mortar and a pestle, yet his folly will not depart from him.
• Proverbs 29:9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
• Isaiah 19:11 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 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 “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 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.