Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'fool' occurs 76 times in the standard works.

22 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'fool' in the standard works and contain 28.9% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 9 minutes to read the entire list.

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Eccl. 2:14-16 (4 in 3 verses)

Prov. 26:3-6 (4 in 4 verses)

Eccl. 10:2-3 (3 in 2 verses)

Prov. 26:10-12 (3 in 3 verses)

Prov. 17:21 (2 in 1 verse)

2 Cor. 11:16 (2 in 1 verse)

Prov. 12:15-16 (2 in 2 verses)

Prov. 18:6-7 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 64 92 156
Gen. 0 1 1
Num. 0 1 1
Deut. 0 2 2
1 Sam. 1 1 2
2 Sam. 1 3 4
1 Chr. 0 1 1
2 Chr. 0 1 1
Job 0 6 6
Ps. 4 12 16
Prov. 42 42 84
Eccl. 14 11 25
Isa. 0 4 4
Jer. 1 4 5
Lam. 0 1 1
Ezek. 0 1 1
Hosea 1 0 1
Zech. 0 1 1
NT 9 34 43
BM 3 27 30
DC 0 2 2
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 76 156 232

2 Sam. 13:13
And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.

2 Sam. 15:31
And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

2 Sam. 24:10
And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.