1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
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See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, …
My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; …
It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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.
My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change:
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…
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