Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fools' occurs 47 times in the standard works.

6 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fools' in the standard works and contain 12.8% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 3 minutes to read the entire list.

To learn more about emphasis scriptures click here.

Expand All

Prov. 13:19-20 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 14:8-9 (2 in 2 verses)


Eccl. 7:4-5 (2 in 2 verses)

 7:4 The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

 7:5 It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 34 0 34
2 Sam. 1 0 1
Job 2 0 2
Ps. 3 0 3
Prov. 19 0 19
Eccl. 6 0 6
Isa. 3 0 3
NT 8 0 8
BM 4 0 4
DC 1 0 1
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 47 0 47

Eccl. 5:1
Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

Eccl. 5:4
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

Eccl. 7:4
The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.

Eccl. 7:5
It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.

Eccl. 7:9
Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Eccl. 9:17
The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.