Proverbs 18:2
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
In Context
1He that separateth himself seeketh [his] pleasure, he is vehement against all sound wisdom.
3When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Cross References
Numbers 24:15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,
Proverbs 1:7The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge: fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 12:23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of the foolish proclaimeth folly.
Proverbs 17:16To what purpose is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he] hath no sense?
Matthew 8:34And behold, the whole city went out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they begged [him] to go away out of their coasts.
1 Corinthians 14:12Thus *ye* also, since ye are desirous of spirits, seek that ye may abound for the edification of the assembly.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:2
Wisdom and Folly. 1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. The original here is difficult, and differently understood. 1. Some take it as a rebuke to an affected singularity. When men take a pride in separating themselves from the sentiments and society of others, in contradicting all that has been said before them and advancing new notions of their own, which, though ever so absurd, they are wedded to, it is to gratify a desire or lust of vain-glory, and they… Read the whole commentary →