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

Prov. 7:22
He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;

Prov. 10:8
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Prov. 10:10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

Prov. 10:18
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

Prov. 10:23
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

Prov. 11:29
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Prov. 12:15
The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

Prov. 12:16
A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.

Prov. 13:16
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.

Prov. 14:16
A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.

Prov. 15:5
A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.

Prov. 17:7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.

Prov. 17:10
A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

Prov. 17:12
Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

Prov. 17:16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

Prov. 17:21
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

Prov. 17:24
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Prov. 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.

Prov. 18:2
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

Prov. 18:6
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

Prov. 18:7
A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Prov. 19:1
Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Prov. 19:10
Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Prov. 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.

Prov. 23:9
Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

Prov. 24:7
Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Prov. 26:1
As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.

Prov. 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

Prov. 26:4
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.

Prov. 26:5
Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

Prov. 26:6
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.

Prov. 26:8
As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.

Prov. 26:10
The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.

Prov. 26:11
As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.

Prov. 26:12
Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Prov. 27:3
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both.

Prov. 27:22
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Prov. 28:26
He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.

Prov. 29:11
A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.

Prov. 29:20
Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.

Prov. 30:22
For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;