The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

The Hebrew counterpart to the Greek “Know thyself.” “The highest wisdom is for a person to understand his own way. The most extreme folly is self-d…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way To look to it carefully that it is such as God would have it; but

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

The wisdom of the prudent [is] to understand his way The way of his calling, in which he should abide, and how to manage …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

We are travellers, whose concern is not to spy out wonders, but to get to their journey's end; to understand the rules we are to walk by, also the …

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