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

Job 1:22
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

Job 2:10
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Job 5:2
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.

Job 5:3
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Job 12:17
He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.

Job 30:8
They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.