John Gill Commentary Proverbs 15:7

"The lips of the wise disperse knowledge; But the heart of the foolish [doeth] not so." — Proverbs 15:7 (ASV)

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge Scatter it about for the benefit of others; they are communicative and diffusive of it unto others, that fruit may abound to their account: so the first ministers of the Gospel diffused the savour of the knowledge of Christ and his Gospel in every place; their words went into all the earth, and their sound to the end of the world; and so every Gospel minister will speak according to the oracles of God, and according to the abilities and measure of the gift which he has received; and to the utmost of his power feeds souls with knowledge and understanding.

but the heart of the foolish [does] not so ; does not disperse knowledge, for he has no solid substantial knowledge in him: or, "the heart of the foolish [is] not right" ^F24 ; it is full of folly and wickedness: or "the heart of the foolish [does] not [disperse that which is] right" ^F25 ; true and right things, and the knowledge of them; but, on the contrary, as in (Proverbs 15:2) , "pours out foolishness".

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FOOTNOTES:

• F24: "non erit rectum", Pagninus, Baynus; "non est rectum", Piscator, Mercerus.
• F25: "Spargit quod abest a recto", Junius & Tremellius, Amama; "eventilant non rectum", Schultens, Cocceius.