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

Ps. 5:5
The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

Ps. 38:5
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

Ps. 39:8
Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish.

Ps. 69:5
O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee.

Ps. 73:3
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

Ps. 73:22
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.

Ps. 74:18
Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O Lord, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.

Ps. 74:22
Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.

Ps. 75:4
I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

Ps. 94:8
Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

Ps. 107:17
Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.