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This is a word frequently used in the King James Version of The Bible. Some examples: * According to the Old Testament, God spoke of the Israelites as foolish people or as fools, when they were said to stray from righteousness. * Psalms say that fools say there is no God, but they are corrupt, and there is none [amongst them] who does anything good. (Psalms 14:1, 53:1) * Proverbs has Wisdom call fools those who despise knowledge (eg Proverbs 1:22) * (KJV, Luke 24:25) "O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken ; (NAB) "Oh, how foolish you are! How slow of heart to believe all that the prophets spoke!"

Some further examples, in addition to the above:

Fools speak things which are not true:

18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

There are a number which point out that a fool cannot be corrected:

15The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. 9Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

A number of other verses point out the grief a fool brings to others: 25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. 23It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.

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