Proverbs 18:2
“A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
A fool hath no delight in understanding,.... In natural understanding, and in the improvement of his mind in it; he…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Another form of egotism. In “understanding,” i. e., self-knowledge, the “fool” finds no pleasure; but self-assertion,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
A fool may pretend to understanding, and to seek and intermeddle with the means of it, but, 1. He has no true delight in…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
but that The added word in R.V., but only that, brings out the force of the Heb.; q.d. so far from having any delight in…
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