Limitless Word
כְּסִילkᵉçîyl/kes-eel'/
HebrewH368470 occurrences (KJV)

properly, fat, i.e. (figuratively) stupid or silly

KJV renders it: fool(-ish).

Where it appears(showing the first 69 of 70)

  • Ps 49:10For he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.
  • Ps 92:6A senseless man doesn’t know, neither does a fool understand this:
  • Ps 94:8Consider, you senseless among the people; you fools, when will you be wise?
  • Prov 1:22“How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? How long will mockers delight themselves in mockery, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Prov 1:32For the backsliding of the simple will kill them. The careless ease of fools will destroy them.
  • Prov 3:35The wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.
  • Prov 8:5You simple, understand prudence. You fools, be of an understanding heart.
  • Prov 10:1The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.
  • Prov 10:18He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.
  • Prov 10:23It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness, but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.
  • Prov 12:23A prudent man keeps his knowledge, but the hearts of fools proclaim foolishness.
  • Prov 13:16Every prudent man acts from knowledge, but a fool exposes folly.
  • Prov 13:19Longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.
  • Prov 13:20One who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
  • Prov 14:7Stay away from a foolish man, for you won’t find knowledge on his lips.
  • Prov 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
  • Prov 14:16A wise man fears and shuns evil, but the fool is hot headed and reckless.
  • Prov 14:24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.
  • Prov 14:33Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, and is even made known in the inward part of fools.
  • Prov 15:2The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.
  • Prov 15:7The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.
  • Prov 15:14The heart of one who has understanding seeks knowledge, but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
  • Prov 15:20A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
  • Prov 17:10A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding than a hundred lashes into a fool.
  • Prov 17:12Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
  • Prov 17:16Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
  • Prov 17:21He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.
  • Prov 17:24Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
  • Prov 17:25A foolish son brings grief to his father, and bitterness to her who bore him.
  • Prov 18:2A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
  • Prov 18:6A fool’s lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.
  • Prov 18:7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
  • Prov 19:1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
  • Prov 19:10Delicate living is not appropriate for a fool, much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
  • Prov 19:13A foolish son is the calamity of his father. A wife’s quarrels are a continual dripping.
  • Prov 19:29Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
  • Prov 21:20There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.
  • Prov 23:9Don’t speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
  • Prov 26:1Like snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
  • Prov 26:3A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the back of fools!
  • Prov 26:4Don’t answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him.
  • Prov 26:5Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
  • Prov 26:6One who sends a message by the hand of a fool is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
  • Prov 26:7Like the legs of the lame that hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
  • Prov 26:8As one who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a fool.
  • Prov 26:9Like a thorn bush that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
  • Prov 26:10As an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or he who hires those who pass by.
  • Prov 26:11As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly.
  • Prov 26:12Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Prov 28:26One who trusts in himself is a fool; but one who walks in wisdom is kept safe.
  • Prov 29:11A fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.
  • Prov 29:20Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
  • Eccl 2:14The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness — and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.
  • Eccl 2:15Then I said in my heart, “As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?” Then I said in my heart that this also is vanity.
  • Eccl 2:16For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!
  • Eccl 4:5The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
  • Eccl 4:13Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.
  • Eccl 5:1Guard your steps when you go to God’s house; for to draw near to listen is better than to give the sacrifice of fools, for they don’t know that they do evil.
  • Eccl 5:3For as a dream comes with a multitude of cares, so a fool’s speech with a multitude of words.
  • Eccl 5:4When you vow a vow to God, don’t defer to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you vow.
  • Eccl 6:8For what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?
  • Eccl 7:4The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
  • Eccl 7:5It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.
  • Eccl 7:6For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity.
  • Eccl 7:9Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
  • Eccl 9:17The words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.
  • Eccl 10:2A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.
  • Eccl 10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
  • Eccl 10:15The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn’t know how to go to the city.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.