Proverbs 18:1
Verse 1 of 24. The 18th of 31 chapters in Proverbs, in Poetry and Wisdom.
1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
3When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
4The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
5It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Proverbs 18:1 in the World English Bible
A man who isolates himself pursues selfishness, and defies all sound judgment.Read Proverbs 18:1 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:1
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 they are seekers and meddlers with that which does not…
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