Proverbs 18:2
לֹֽא ־ יַחְפֹּץ כְּסִיל בִּתְבוּנָה כִּי אִֽם ־ בְּהִתְגַּלּוֹת לִבּֽוֹ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
In Context
1לְֽתַאֲוָה יְבַקֵּשׁ נִפְרָד בְּכָל ־ תּוּשִׁיָּה יִתְגַּלָּֽע ׃
3בְּֽבוֹא ־ רָשָׁע בָּא גַם ־ בּוּז וְֽעִם ־ קָלוֹן חֶרְפָּֽה ׃
Cross References
Numbers 24:15וַיִּשָּׂא מְשָׁלוֹ וַיֹּאמַר נְאֻם בִּלְעָם בְּנוֹ בְעֹר וּנְאֻם הַגֶּבֶר שְׁתֻם הָעָֽיִן ׃
Proverbs 1:7יִרְאַת יְהוָה רֵאשִׁית דָּעַת חָכְמָה וּמוּסָר אֱוִילִים בָּֽזוּ ׃ פ
Proverbs 12:23אָדָם עָרוּם כֹּסֶה דָּעַת וְלֵב כְּסִילִים יִקְרָא אִוֶּֽלֶת ׃
Proverbs 17:16לָמָּה ־ זֶּה מְחִיר בְּיַד ־ כְּסִיל לִקְנוֹת חָכְמָה וְלֶב ־ אָֽיִן ׃
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 →