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Foolish in the Bible
The first place we see the word foolish]]ly in the Bible is Genesis here "Laban said to Jacob":
Genesis 31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in [so] doing.
The word is cakal[1] It is said to mean "to be foolish, be a fool" The Hebrew letters are a base of SamechKafLamed ^לכס^ From the verb לסכ kacal meaning "to be foolish, be stupid".[2] We find it appearing 8 times in the Bible.
cakal
- Genesis 31:28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly[1] in so doing.
- 1 Samuel 13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly[1]: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
- 1 Samuel 26:21 Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool[1], and have erred exceedingly.
- 2 Samuel 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[1].
- 2 Samuel 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[1].
- 1 Chronicles 21:8 And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly[1].
- 2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly[1]: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
- Isaiah 44:25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish[1];
halal
Another word translated foolish is halal[3] which is composed of the letters HeyLamedLamed. It is translated praise 117 times, glory 14, boast 10, mad 8, shine 3 times and foolish 3, fools twice.
Deuteronomy 32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish[3] people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Deuteronomy 32:21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish<halal>[3] nation.
2 Samuel 3:33 And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool<halal>[3] dieth?
2 Samuel 13:13 And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools<halal>[3] in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee.
Job 2:10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women<halal>[3] 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 30:8 They were children of fools<halal>[3], yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth.
Psalms 14:1 « To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. » The fool<halal>[3] hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalms 39:8 Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish<halal>[3].
Psalms 74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish<halal>[3] people have blasphemed thy name.
Psalms 74:22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man<halal>[3] reproacheth thee daily.
Psalms 53:1 « To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, Maschil, A Psalm of David. » The fool<halal>[3] hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Proverbs 17:7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool<halal>[3]: much less do lying lips a prince.
Proverbs 17:21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool<halal>[3] hath no joy.
Proverbs 30:22 For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool<halal>[3] when he is filled with meat; Isaiah 32:5 The vile person<halal>[3] shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
Isaiah 32:6 For the vile person<halal>[3] will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Jeremiah 17:11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool<halal>[3].
Ezekiel 13:3 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish<halal>[3] prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing!
‘eviyl
Another interesting word is eviyl composed of the Hebrew letters AlefVavYodLamed ^ליוא^. It is consistently translated fool(s) 20 times and foolish (man) 6 times.
Job 5:2 For wrath killeth the foolish man<0191>[4], and envy slayeth the silly one.
Job 5:3 I have seen the foolish<0191>[4] taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Psalms 107:17 Fools <0191>[4] because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools <0191>[4] despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 7:22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool <0191>[4] to the correction of the stocks;
Proverbs 9:6 Forsake the foolish{as in simple}[5], and live; and go in the way of understanding.
Proverbs 9:13 A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing.
Proverbs 10:1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 10:8 The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool <0191>[4] shall fall.
Proverbs 10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool <0191>[4] shall fall.
Proverbs 10:14 Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish <0191>[4] is near destruction.
Proverbs 10:21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools <0191>[4] die for want of wisdom.
Proverbs 11:29 He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool <0191>[4] shall be servant to the wise of heart.
Proverbs 12:15 The way of a fool <0191>[4] is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Proverbs 12:16 A fool’s <0191>[4] wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.
Proverbs 14:3 In the mouth of the foolish <0191>[4] is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
Proverbs 14:7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
Proverbs 14:9 Fools <0191> make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
Proverbs 15:5 A fool <0191>[4] despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
Proverbs 15:7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
Proverbs 15:20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Proverbs 16:22 Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools <0191>[4] is folly.
Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.
Proverbs 17:28 Even a fool <0191>[4], when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
Proverbs 19:13 A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
Proverbs 20:3 It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool <0191>[4] will be meddling.
Proverbs 21:20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.
Proverbs 24:7 Wisdom is too high for a fool <0191>[4]: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
Proverbs 27:3 A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s <0191>[4] wrath is heavier than them both.
Proverbs 27:22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool <0191>[4] in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Proverbs 29:9 If a wise man contendeth with a foolish <0191>[4] man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Ecclesiastes 4:13 Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.
Ecclesiastes 7:17 Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time?
Ecclesiastes 10:15 The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.
Isaiah 19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools <0191>[4], the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
Hosea 9:7 The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool <0191>[4], the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.
Isaiah 35:8 And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools <0191>[4], shall not err therein.
Isaiah 44:25 That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish<01984>[6];
Jeremiah 4:22 For my people is foolish <0191>[4], they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 5:4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
Jeremiah 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Jeremiah 10:8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.
Lamentations 2:14 Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment.
Zechariah 11:15 And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd.
Psalms 5:5 The foolish<01984>[6] shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 73:3 For I was envious at the foolish<01984>[6], when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Psalms 73:22 So foolish {as in a brute or brutish}[7] was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 05528 ^לכס^ cakal \@saw-kal’\@ seen in 1 Samuel 13:13 for 03688 כָּסַל kacal appears only in Jeremiah 10:8 "But they are altogether brutish and foolish <03688>: the stock [is] a doctrine of vanities."; v; {See TWOT on 1493} AV-done foolishly 5, turn into foolishness 1, make foolish 1, play the fool 1; 8
- ↑ 03688 ^לסכ^ kacal \@kaw-sal’\@ a primitive root; v; {See TWOT on 1011} AV-foolish 1; 1
- 1) (Qal) to be foolish, be stupid
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 05036 ^לבנ^ nabal \@naw-bawl’\@ from 05034 be foolish; adj; AV-fool 9, foolish 5, vile person 2, foolish man 1, foolish women 1; 18.
- 1) foolish, senseless, fool
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 0191 ^ליוא^ ‘eviyl \@ev-eel’\@ from an unused root (meaning to be perverse); adj m AV-fool(s) 20, foolish (man) 6; 26
- 1) be foolish, foolish
- 1a) (subst)
- 1a1) of one who despises wisdom
- 1a2) of one who mocks when guilty
- 1a3) of one who is quarrelsome
- 1a4) of one who is licentious
- 1a) (subst)
- 1) be foolish, foolish
- ↑ 06612 ^יתפ^ pᵉthiy \@peth-ee’\@ or ^יתפ^ pethiy \@peh’- thee\@ or ^יאתפ^ pᵉtha’iy \@peth-aw-ee’\@ from 06601; ; AV-simple 15, simple ones 2, foolish 1, simplicity 1; 19 n f
- 1) simplicity, naivete
- adj 2) simple, foolish, open-minded
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 01984 ^ללה^ halal \@haw-lal’\@ a primitive root, Greek 239 ~αλληλουια~; v; AV-praise 117, glory 14, boast 10, mad 8, shine 3, foolish 3, fools 2, commended 2, rage 2, celebrate 1, give 1, marriage 1, renowned 1; 165
- 1) to shine
- 1a) (Qal) to shine (fig. of God’s favour)
- 1b) (Hiphil) to flash forth light
- 2) to praise, boast, be boastful
- 2a) (Qal)
- 2a1) to be boastful
- 2a2) boastful ones, boasters (participle)
- 2b) (Piel)
- 2b1) to praise
- 2b2) to boast, make a boast
- 2c) (Pual)
- 2c1) to be praised, be made praiseworthy, be commended, be worthy of praise
- 2d) (Hithpael) to boast, glory, make one’s boast
- 2e) (Poel) to make a fool of, make into a fool
- 2f) (Hithpoel) to act madly, act like a madman
- 2a) (Qal)
- 1) to shine
- ↑ 01198 ^רעב^ ba‘ar \@bah’- ar\@ from 01197 burn, consume, brutish; n m; AV-brutish 4, foolish 1; 5
- 1) brutishness, stupidity, brutish (person)