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Selected Verse: Proverbs 15:21 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Pr 15:21 |
King James |
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
walketh uprightly--and so finds his joy (Pro 3:6; Pro 10:23). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
i. e., The empty-hearted, rejoicing in folly, goes the wrong way; the man of understanding, rejoicing in wisdom, goes the right way. |
23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.