# אֱוִיל (evil)

Israeli respelling: e-vil. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H191. 26 Old Testament occurrences.

(figuratively) silly

King James renderings: fool(-ish) (man).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/evil-h191

## Occurrences

- [Job 5:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/5/2) — For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
- [Job 5:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/5/3) — I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- [Psalms 107:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/107/17) — Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
- [Proverbs 1:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/7) — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- [Proverbs 7:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/7/22) — He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks;
- [Proverbs 10:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/8) — The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.
- [Proverbs 10:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/10) — He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
- [Proverbs 10:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/14) — Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
- [Proverbs 10:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/10/21) — The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
- [Proverbs 11:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/11/29) — He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.
- [Proverbs 12:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/12/15) — The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
- [Proverbs 12:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/12/16) — A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
- [Proverbs 14:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/14/3) — In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
- [Proverbs 14:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/14/9) — Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
- [Proverbs 15:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/15/5) — A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
- [Proverbs 16:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/16/22) — Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
- [Proverbs 17:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/17/28) — Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.
- [Proverbs 20:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/3) — It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
- [Proverbs 24:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/24/7) — Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.
- [Proverbs 27:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/27/3) — A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool’s wrath is heavier than them both.
- [Proverbs 27:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/27/22) — Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
- [Proverbs 29:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/29/9) — If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
- [Isaiah 19:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/19/11) — Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the s…
- [Isaiah 35:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 f…
- [Jeremiah 4:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/4/22) — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, bu…
- [Hosea 9:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/9/7) — The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, fo…