e.vil denotes a person marked by folly, seen in rejecting instruction, speaking ruinously, and pursuing harmful conduct.

The term consistently identifies a person or group marked by folly: the supplied verses portray such people as rejecting knowledge or discipline, trusting their own judgment, speaking or acting toward ruin, and lacking understanding. It can describe individuals in proverbial instruction, rulers giving poor counsel, and a people characterized by failure to know what is good.

1. Person marked by folly · dominant

   The singular and plural adjective identifies people whose conduct displays folly. In Proverbs 12:15 the APB renders the clause, "The way of a fool is right in his own eyes," contrasting self-approval with listening to counsel; Proverbs 1:7 places the plural among those who despise wisdom and discipline. Proverbs 10:14 and Proverbs 10:21 connect this characterization with a mouth near ruin and dying for lack of sense, while Jeremiah 4:22 describes the people as lacking understanding and knowing evil rather than good.

   Proverbs 12:15Proverbs 1:7Proverbs 10:14Proverbs 10:21Jeremiah 4:22Isaiah 19:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with "fool" or "fools," and also uses "foolish" for the people in Jeremiah 4:22 and the rulers in Isaiah 19:11. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the verses' overall portrayal without fixing a separate English equivalent in every clause.