Proverbs 18:2
A foole hath no delite in vnderstanding: but that his heart may be discouered.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
In Context
1For the desire thereof hee will separate himselfe to seeke it, and occupie himselfe in all wisdome.
3When the wicked commeth, then commeth contempt, and with the vile man reproch.
Cross References
Numbers 24:15And he vttered his parable, and sayd, Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, and the man whose eyes were shut vp, hath sayd,
Proverbs 1:7The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.
Proverbs 12:23A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes.
Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?
Matthew 8:34And beholde, all ye citie came out to meete Iesus: and when they sawe him, they besought him to depart out of their coastes.
1 Corinthians 14:12Euen so, forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes, seeke that ye may excell vnto 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 →