Proverbs 18:2
A dullard, delighteth not, in understanding, in nothing save the exposing of his own heart.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
In Context
1A man seeketh, for satisfaction, going his own way, through all safe counsel, he breaketh.
3When the lawless man cometh in, then cometh also contempt, and, with shame, reproach.
Cross References
Numbers 24:15So he took up his parable and said,—The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, Yea the oracle of the man, of opened eye;
Proverbs 1:7The reverence of Yahweh, is the beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and correction, the foolish have despised.
Proverbs 12:23A prudent man, concealeth knowledge, but, the heart of dullards, proclaimeth folly.
Proverbs 17:16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a dullard? that he who is without sense, may acquire wisdom.
Matthew 8:34And lo! all the city, came out to meet Jesus,—and, seeing him, they besought that he would pass on from their bounds.
1 Corinthians 14:12So, ye, also—since ye are, envious, of spirits, unto the upbuilding of the assembly, seek to be pre-eminent.
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 →