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Verse Proverbs 18:2. _BUT THAT HIS HEART MAY DISCOVER ITSELF._] It is
a fact that most vain and foolish people are never satisfied in
company, but in showing their own _nonsense_ and _emptiness_. But...
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Another form of egotism. In “understanding,” i. e.,
self-knowledge, the “fool” finds no pleasure; but self-assertion,
talking about himself and his own opinions, is his highest joy....
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CHAPTER 18 PROVERBS OF PERSONAL INSTRUCTION
There is first a warning against separation produced by desire, that
is for gratification and pleasure, and not for a righteous purpose.
Such a one becomes...
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PROVERBS 18:1. MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man
who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always
liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated friend...
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FOOL. Hebrew. _keslt._ See note on Proverbs 1:7. Same word as in
verses: Proverbs 18:6; Proverbs 18:7. not the same as in Proverbs
18:13.
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_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 understanding, his
only delight is in blurting out his own ideas and opinions...
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THROUGH DESIRE, &C.— The opinions of commentators on these two
verses are much divided. Houbigant renders them as follows: _He who
prepares dissention seizes all occasions: he leaves nothing untried:_...
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CHAPTER 18
TEXT Proverbs 18:1-12
1.
He that separateth himself seeketh his own desire,
And rageth against all sound wisdom.
2.
A fool hath no delight in understanding,
But only that his heart ma...
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A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may
discover itself. A FOOL HATH NO DELIGHT IN UNDERSTANDING (FOR ITS OWN
SAKE), BUT THAT HIS HEART MAY DISCOVER ITSELF. Display of self is...
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He likes to talk about his own notions....
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1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all
wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own
wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'The
ali...
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LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM
PROVERBS
_KEITH SIMONS_
CHAPTER 18
V1 An unfriendly man is selfish.
He is not sensible.
V2 A foo
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A fool hates wisdom. He really knows nothing, but he loves his own
ideas. He thinks that his thoughts are more important than the truth.
We should not behave like this. Instead, we should listen to o...
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BUT THAT HIS HEART MAY DISCOVER ITSELF — _i.e.,_ unless his
cleverness can be displayed thereby; he does not prize understanding
for itself, apart from his own interests....
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לֹֽא ־יַחְפֹּ֣ץ כְּ֭סִיל בִּ
תְבוּנָ֑ה כִּ֝֗י...
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CHAPTER 19
THE EVIL OF ISOLATION
"He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against
all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1
FROM the value of friendship there is a nat...
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Verse Proverbs 18:1. The protest of this proverb is against the
self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts
and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or
"q...
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A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may (b)
reveal itself.
(b) That is, that he may talk licentiously of whatever comes to mind....
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_Heart. Conformable to his passions. (Calmet) --- Hebrew, "unless to
lay open his heart." He wishes to appear wise, and to justify his
wicked designs. (Haydock)_...
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A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may
discover itself. When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt,
and with ignominy reproach. The words of a man's mouth are as deep
w...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31.
In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to
avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be
followe...
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A FOOL HATH NO DELIGHT IN UNDERSTANDING,.... In natural understanding,
and in the improvement of his mind in it; he delights not in books,
nor in the conversation of men of learning and sense: or in s...
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A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may
discover itself.
Ver. 2. _A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart
may discover itself._] Or, In discovering his own...
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_Through desire, a man having separated himself_, &c. According to
this translation, the sense of this controverted proverb is, _Through
desire_ of wisdom, _a man, having separated himself_ from the c...
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V. 2. A FOOL HATH NO DELIGHT IN UNDERSTANDING, his pleasure not being
set that way, BUT THAT HIS HEART MAY DISCOVER ITSELF, display the
wisdom which he imagines to be there, for he believes it to be h...
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Proverbs 18:2 fool H3684 delight H2654 (H8799) understanding H8394
expressing H1540 (H8692) heart H3820
fool -...
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CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil.
CHARACTERS: God.
CONCLUSION: The only zone of safety is the name of the Lord which is
the strong tower in which one may find rest and be fortified again...
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Proverbs 18:1. _Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh
and intermeddleth with all wisdom._ יתגלע _yithgalâ;_ this word
occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here, a...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
PROVERBS 18:1. THROUGH DESIRE, ETC. The readings and expositions of
this verse are many. Zockler translates, “_He that separateth
himself seeketh his own pleasure, against all counsel...
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EXPOSITION
PROVERBS 18:1
This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations.
The Authorized Version gives, THROUGH DESIRE A MAN, HAVING SEPARATED
HIMSELF, SEEKETH AND INTERMEDDLETH W...
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Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and
intermeddleth with all wisdom. A fool has no delight in understanding,
but that his heart may discover itself. When the wicked comes, then
com...
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1 Corinthians 14:12; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 2 Peter 2:15; Matthew 8:34;...
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Understanding — In getting sound and saving, knowledge. The
discovery — In uttering that folly and wickedness which is in his
heart....