Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 18:2
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
_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...
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:_...
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...
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...
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...
He likes to talk about his own notions....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 18 V1 An unfriendly man is selfish. He is not sensible. V2 A foo
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...
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....
לֹֽא ־יַחְפֹּ֣ץ כְּ֭סִיל בִּ תְבוּנָ֑ה כִּ֝֗י...
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...
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...
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....
_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)_...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
IN UNDERSTANDING; in getting sound and saving knowledge, either by his own study, or by the instructions of wise and good men. BUT THAT HIS HEART MAY DISCOVER ITSELF. Heb. _but_ (his delight is) _in t...
Proverbs 18:2 fool H3684 delight H2654 (H8799) understanding H8394 expressing H1540 (H8692) heart H3820 fool -...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
1 Corinthians 14:12; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 2 Peter 2:15; Matthew 8:34;...
Understanding — In getting sound and saving, knowledge. The discovery — In uttering that folly and wickedness which is in his heart....