2A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left.
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And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. …
A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? …
If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-3)In these verses Solomon shows, I. What great need wise men have to take heed of being guilty of any instance of folly; for a little folly is a great blemish to him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour , and is as hurtful to his good name as dead flies are to a sweet perfume, not only spoiling the sweetness of it, but making it to send forth a stinking savour . Note, 1. True wisdom is true h…
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