Proverbs 17:21

a fool … a fool The Heb. word so rendered is not the same in the two clauses of the verse. The first word in the first clause describes the fool as dullor senseless, or as some think obstinate. The second word points him out as shameless, like Nabal, whose name (the Heb. word here) was descriptive of his character (1 Samuel 25:25). There is a third Heb. word, used more commonly than either of these in this Book, which regards a fool as one who is perverse, or as some render, weak.