Proverbs 18:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

Proverbs 18:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ephesians 5:15-17
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, …
Proverbs 2:1-6
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; …
Proverbs 20:3
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
Jeremiah 15:17
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation.
Proverbs 24:21
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1)

The original here is difficult, and differently understood. 1. Some take it as a rebuke to an affected singularity. When men take a pride in separating themselves from the sentiments and society of others, in contradicting all that has been said before them and advancing new notions of their own, which, though ever so absurd, they are wedded to, it is to gratify a desire or lust of vain-glory, and…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Pr 18:1-24. 1. Through desire ... seeketh--that is, seeks selfish gratification. intermeddleth ... wisdom--or, “rushes on” (Pr 17:14) against all wisdom, or what is valuable (Pr 2:7).