The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

A prating ... fall - Better, as in the margin. Inward self-contained wisdom is contrasted with self-exposed folly.

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

A prating fool (‘evîl). (See above, on Proverbs 1:7.)

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

The wise in heart will receive commandments
Such who have true wisdom in the hidden part of the heart, of which the …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Fools are not fit to be trusted, nor to have any honor. Wise sayings, as a foolish man delivers and applies them, lose their usefulness.

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