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Proverbs 18:1-24
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Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:1Proverbs 18:1 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryIf we would get knowledge and grace, we must try all methods of improving ourselves.Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:1Proverbs 18:1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe original here is difficult, and differently understood. 1. Some take it as a rebuke to an affected singularity. When men take a pride in separating themselves from the sentiments and society of others, in contradict…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:1Proverbs 18:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThis is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom; i.e. a man who has an earnest…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:1-9Proverbs 18:1-9 · The Pulpit CommentaryUnsocial vices There is an inner connection between them all. I. MISANTHROPY. (Proverbs 18:1.) If this verse be more correctly rendered, this is the meaning yielded. From a diseased feeling the man turns aside to sullen…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 18:1If we would get knowledge and grace, we must try all methods of improving ourselves.Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 18:1The original here is difficult, and differently understood. 1. Some take it as a rebuke to an affected singularity. When men take a pride in separating themselves from the sentiments and society of others, in contradict…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:1-9Unsocial vices There is an inner connection between them all. I. MISANTHROPY. (Proverbs 18:1.) If this verse be more correctly rendered, this is the meaning yielded. From a diseased feeling the man turns aside to sullen…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:1This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom; i.e. a man who has an earnest…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 18:2Those make nothing to purpose, of learning or religion, whose only design is to have something to make a show with.Matthew HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 18:2A fool may pretend to understanding, and to seek and intermeddle with the means of it, but, 1. He has no true delight in it; it is only to please his friends or save his credit; he does not love his book, nor his busine…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:2A fool hath no delight in understanding. This may mean that he takes no pleasure in the wisdom of others, is self-opinionated; or, it may be, does not care for understanding in itself, apart from the use which he can ma…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 18:2(See homily on Proverbs 17:16, Proverbs 17:24.)?봀.Joseph S. Exell and contributors