Kesil כְּסִיל

Kesil (Hebrew כְּסִיל, Strong's H3684) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “fool”. It occurs 70 times in 69 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Foolishness

Verses

Every verse with Kesil, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Psalms

• Psalm 49:10
  For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others.For it is clear that wise men die, and the foolish and the senseless both perish and leave their wealth to others.
• Psalm 92:6
  A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
• Psalm 94:8
  Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?Take notice, O senseless among the people! O fools, when will you be wise?

Proverbs

• Proverbs 1:22
  How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
• Proverbs 1:32
  For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
• Proverbs 3:35
  The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
• Proverbs 8:5
  O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.O simple ones, learn to be shrewd; O fools, gain understanding.
• Proverbs 10:1
  The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.The proverbs of Solomon: A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish son grief to his mother.
• Proverbs 10:18
  He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
• Proverbs 10:23
  It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.The fool delights in shameful conduct, but a man of understanding has wisdom.
• Proverbs 12:23
  A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
• Proverbs 13:16
  Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
• Proverbs 13:19
  The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools.
• Proverbs 13:20
  He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
• Proverbs 14:7
  Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.Stay away from a foolish man; you will gain no knowledge from his speech.
• Proverbs 14:8
  The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
• Proverbs 14:16
  A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.A wise man fears and turns from evil, but a fool is careless and reckless.
• Proverbs 14:24
  The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.The crown of the wise is their wealth, but the effort of fools is folly.
• Proverbs 14:33
  Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known.
• Proverbs 15:2
  The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of the fool spouts folly.
• Proverbs 15:7
  The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the hearts of fools.
• Proverbs 15:14
  The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness.A discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
• Proverbs 15:20
  A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
• Proverbs 17:10
  A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.A rebuke cuts into a man of discernment deeper than a hundred lashes cut into a fool.
• Proverbs 17:12
  Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
• Proverbs 17:16
  Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
• Proverbs 17:21
  He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
• Proverbs 17:24
  Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.Wisdom is the focus of the discerning, but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
• Proverbs 17:25
  A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
• Proverbs 18:2
  A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
• Proverbs 18:6
  A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.
• Proverbs 18:7
  A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
• Proverbs 19:1
  Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
• Proverbs 19:10
  Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.Luxury is unseemly for a fool— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
• Proverbs 19:13
  A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
• Proverbs 19:29
  Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.Judgments are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
• Proverbs 21:20
  There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them.
• Proverbs 23:9
  Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.Do not speak to a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
• Proverbs 26:1
  As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool.Like snow in summer and rain at harvest, honor does not befit a fool.
• Proverbs 26:3
  A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool’s back.A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
• Proverbs 26:4
  Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him.
• Proverbs 26:5
  Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.
• Proverbs 26:6
  He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage.Like cutting off one’s own feet or drinking violence is the sending of a message by the hand of a fool.
• Proverbs 26:7
  The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.Like lame legs hanging limp is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
• Proverbs 26:8
  As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.Like binding a stone into a sling is the giving of honor to a fool.
• Proverbs 26:9
  As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.Like a thorn that falls into the hand of a drunkard is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.
• Proverbs 26:10
  The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors.Like an archer who wounds at random is he who hires a fool or passerby.
• Proverbs 26:11
  As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly.As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
• Proverbs 26:12
  Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
• Proverbs 28:26
  He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered.He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.
• Proverbs 29:11
  A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards.A fool vents all his anger, but a wise man holds it back.
• Proverbs 29:20
  Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

Ecclesiastes

• Ecclesiastes 2:14
  The wise man’s eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all.The wise man has eyes in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also came to realize that one fate overcomes them both.
• Ecclesiastes 2:15
  Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 2:16
  For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool.For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise, just as with the fool, seeing that both will be forgotten in the days to come. Alas, the wise man will die just like the fool!
• Ecclesiastes 4:5
  The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh.The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh.
• Ecclesiastes 4:13
  Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
• Ecclesiastes 5:1
  Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. Draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, who do not know that they do wrong.
• Ecclesiastes 5:3
  For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool’s voice is known by multitude of words.As a dream comes through many cares, so the speech of a fool comes with many words.
• Ecclesiastes 5:4
  When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
• Ecclesiastes 6:8
  For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?
• Ecclesiastes 7:4
  The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.
• Ecclesiastes 7:5
  It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
• Ecclesiastes 7:6
  For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity.For like the crackling of thorns under the pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This too is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 7:9
  Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
• Ecclesiastes 9:17
  The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools.The calm words of the wise are heeded over the shouts of a ruler among fools.
• Ecclesiastes 10:2
  A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left.A wise man’s heart inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left.
• Ecclesiastes 10:12
  The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
• Ecclesiastes 10:15
  The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).