Proverbs 18:2
A fool receiveth not the words of prudence: unless thou say those things which are in his heart.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
In Context
1He that hath a mind to depart from a friend seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach.
Cross References
Numbers 24:15Therefore taking up his parable, again he said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man whose eye is stopped up, hath said:
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 12:23A cautious man concealeth knowledge: and the heart of fools publisheth folly.
Proverbs 17:16What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.
Matthew 8:34And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coasts.
1 Corinthians 14:12So you also, forasmuch as you are zealous of spirits, seek to abound unto the edifying of the church.
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 →