Proverbs 18:2
The fool hath no delight in understanding, But rather in revealing his own mind.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
In Context
1He who separateth himself seeketh his own desire; Against all sound discretion he rusheth on.
3When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt; And with baseness, shame.
Cross References
Proverbs 1:7The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 12:23A prudent man concealeth his knowledge; Bur the heart of fools proclaimeth their foolishness.
Proverbs 17:16Why should a price be in the hand of a fool To get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?
Matthew 8:34And lo! the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they besought him to depart from their borders.
1 Corinthians 14:12So also ye, since ye are eager to possess spiritual gifts, be earnest to abound in them to the edification 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 →