Proverbs 18:2
A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
Proverbs 12:23A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.
Proverbs 17:16Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?
Matthew 8:34And beholde, the whole citie came out to meete Iesus: and when they sawe hym, they besought hym, that he woulde depart out of theyr coastes.
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 →