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Selected Verse: Proverbs 18:1 - King James

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Pr 18:1 King James Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
(Pro. 18:1-24)

Through desire . . . seeketh--that is, seeks selfish gratification.

intermeddleth . . . wisdom--or, "rushes on" (Pro 17:14) against all wisdom, or what is valuable (Pro 2:7).
 
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7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
7 He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly.
6 That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
11 Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.