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
NT 9 34 43
BM 3 27 30
1 Ne. 1 2 3
2 Ne. 1 6 7
Alma 0 11 11
Hel. 0 4 4
3 Ne. 1 3 4
Ether 0 1 1
DC 0 2 2
PGP 0 1 1
TOTAL 76 156 232

1 Ne. 17:17
And when my brethren saw that I was about to build a ship, they began to murmur against me, saying: Our brother is a fool, for he thinketh that he can build a ship; yea, and he also thinketh that he can cross these great waters.

2 Ne. 29:6
Thou fool, that shall say: A Bible, we have got a Bible, and we need no more Bible. Have ye obtained a Bible save it were by the Jews?

3 Ne. 12:22
But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother shall be in danger of his judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire.