Proverbs 18:2

¶ A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.

A fool {H3684} hath no delight {H2654} in understanding {H8394}, but that his heart {H3820} may discover {H1540} itself.

A fool takes no pleasure in trying to understand; he only wants to express his own opinion.

A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.

A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.

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Cross-References

  • Proverbs 1:7 (12 votes)

    ¶ The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

  • Proverbs 12:23 (11 votes)

    ¶ A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

  • Psalms 1:1 (9 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • Psalms 1:2 (9 votes)

    But his delight [is] in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

  • Proverbs 13:16 (7 votes)

    ¶ Every prudent [man] dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open [his] folly.

  • Proverbs 17:16 (7 votes)

    ¶ Wherefore [is there] a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing [he hath] no heart [to it]?

  • Ecclesiastes 10:3 (4 votes)

    Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth [him], and he saith to every one [that] he [is] a fool.