Proverbs 18:2-3 BSB

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 18:1-2

Proverbs 18:1-2. Through desire, a man having separated himself, &c. According to this translation, the sense of this controverted proverb is, Through desire of wisdom, a man, having separated himself from the company, and noise, and business of the world, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom Uses all diligence that he may search and find out all solid knowledge and true wisdom. But this verse is otherwise rendered in the margin of our Bible, and in divers other versions, and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 18:3

Proverbs 18:3. When the wicked cometh Into any place or company; then cometh also contempt Either, 1st, He is justly contemned by those who converse with him: or rather, 2d, He despiseth and scorneth all instruction and reproof, neither fearing God nor reverencing man; and with ignominy reproach And he not only contemns others in his heart, but shows his contempt of them by ignominious and reproachful expressions and actions. Bishop Patrick takes this verse in a somewhat different... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 18:1-24

Real strength (18:1-24)When people become too confident in their own opinions, they are liable to break away from former friends. They become unreasonable in discussion and blind to the viewpoints of others. Those who despise others will themselves be disgraced (18:1-3). The words of the wise bring refreshment, but those of a fool or a gossip bring destruction (4-8).Those who leave work undone are almost as bad as those who wreck what already has been done (9). Those who trust in God know they... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 18:2

fool. Hebrew. keslt. See note on Proverbs 1:7 . Same word as in verses: Proverbs 18:6 , Proverbs 18:7 ; not the same as in Proverbs 18:13 . discover = vent. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 18:3

the wicked = a lawless one. Hebrew. rasha'. App-44 . ignominy = disgrace, or shame (i.e. outward). reproach = reproachfulness. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 18:2

"A fool hath no delight in understanding, But only that his heart may reveal itself.""A fool has no pleasure in what is reasonable, but only in self-display."[4] What is evident here is the inherent selfishness of the unregenerated soul. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 18:3

"When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy cometh reproach.""Three inevitable traveling companions of wickedness are mentioned here: contempt, ignominy and reproach."[5] "These three terms for shame give triple emphasis to shame, which is the corollary of sin, the antithesis of which is glory, the corollary of holiness (Isaiah 6:3; Romans 8:30)."[6] read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 18:1-2

Proverbs 18:1-2. Through desire, &c.— The opinions of commentators on these two verses are much divided. Houbigant renders them as follows: He who prepares dissention seizes all occasions: he leaves nothing untried: Proverbs 18:2. A fool loveth not to be ruled by counsel, but to be carried on rashly and turbulently. Another reads, A hair-brained man followeth fancy, and intermeddleth in every thing: Proverbs 18:2. A fool hath no delight in understanding, but in rovings, or ramblings of his... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Proverbs 18:3

Proverbs 18:3. When the wicked cometh, &c.— When the wicked entereth, contempt entereth with him; and with a reproachful man, reproach. See Schultens. Instead of ignominy, we may read, turpitude, scandalous behaviour. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Proverbs 18:2

2. that his heart . . . itself—that is, takes pleasure in revealing his folly (Proverbs 12:23; Proverbs 15:2). read more