Proverbs 18:1
He who is separated seeks [his own] desire, || He interferes with all wisdom.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
In Context
2A fool does not delight in understanding, || But in uncovering his heart.
Cross References
Exodus 33:16and in what is it known now, that I have found grace in Your eyes—I and Your people—is it not in Your going with us? And we have been distinguished—I and Your people—from all the people who [are] on the face of the ground.”
Proverbs 2:1My son, if you accept my sayings, || And lay up my commands with you,
Proverbs 17:14The beginning of contention [is] a letting out of waters, || And leave the strife before it is meddled with.
Proverbs 20:19The busybody is a revealer of secret counsels, || And do not make yourself guarantor for a deceiver [with] his lips.
Proverbs 26:17Laying hold on the ears of a dog, || [Is] a passer-by making himself wrath for strife [that is] not his own.
Jeremiah 15:17I have not sat in an assembly of deriders, || Nor do I exult, because of your hand—I have sat alone, || For You have filled me [with] indignation.