Proverbs 18:2
A fool receiveth not the words of prudence; no but thou say those things, that be turned (over) in his heart.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 24:15Therefore when a parable was taken (or And so when he had received his prophecy), he said again, Balaam, the son of Beor, said, (yea), a man, whose eye is stopped, said,
Proverbs 1:7The dread of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; fools despise wisdom and teaching. (The fear of the Lord or Reverence for the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; but fools despise wisdom and teaching.)
Proverbs 12:23A fell man covereth knowing; and the heart of unwise men stirreth folly. (A clever person concealeth his knowledge; but the unwise tell out their foolishness.)
Proverbs 17:16What profiteth it to a fool to have riches, since he may not buy wisdom? (or since he cannot buy wisdom?) He that maketh his house high, seeketh falling; and he that escheweth to learn, shall fall into evils.
Matthew 8:34And lo! all the city went out to meet Jesus; and when they had seen him, they prayed [him], that he would pass from their coasts, (or they beseeched him, that he would go away from their coasts).
1 Corinthians 14:12So ye, for ye be lovers of spirits, [that is, of ghostly, (or spiritual) gifts], seek ye that ye be plenteous 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 →