Proverbs 18:2
A fool delighteth not in understanding, But — in uncovering his heart.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
In Context
1For [an object of] desire he who is separated doth seek, With all wisdom he intermeddleth.
3With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame — reproach.
Cross References
Numbers 24:15And he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor — And an affirmation of the man whose eyes [are] shut —
Proverbs 1:7Fear of Jehovah [is] a beginning of knowledge, Wisdom and instruction fools have despised!
Proverbs 12:23A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.
Proverbs 17:16Why [is] this — a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?
Matthew 8:34And lo, all the city came forth to meet Jesus, and having seen him, they called on [him] that he might depart from their borders.
1 Corinthians 14:12so also ye, since ye are earnestly desirous of spiritual gifts, for the building up of the assembly seek that ye may abound;
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 →