Proverbs 18:2
A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
In Context
1He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.
3With a wicked man comes contempt as well, and shame is accompanied by disgrace.
Cross References
Numbers 24:15Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
Proverbs 12:23A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
Proverbs 17:16Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
Matthew 8:34Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. And when they saw Him, they begged Him to leave their region.
1 Corinthians 14:12It is the same with you. Since you are eager to have spiritual gifts, strive to excel in gifts that build up 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 →