2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. …
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
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. 2)A fool may pretend to understanding, and to seek and intermeddle with the means of it, but, 1. He has no true delight in it; it is only to please his friends or save his credit; he does not love his book, nor his business, nor his Bible, nor his prayers; he would rather be playing the fool with his sports. Those who take no pleasure in learning or religion will make nothing to purpose of either. N…
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