The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 10:23

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

As sport. The wicked make their pastime and amusement in doing evil. A man of understanding hath wisdom. As thus put, the sentence is jejune. The Revised Version expresses the meaning better: "And so is wisdom to a man of understanding;" i.

e. the wise man finds his refreshment in living a wise and prudent life, which is as easy and as pleasant to him as mischief is to the vicious. The wisdom intended is practical religion, the fear of God directing and showing itself in daily action.

Septuagint, "A fool doeth mischief in sport ( ἐν γέλωτι), but wisdom produceth prudence for a man."

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