We use knowledge aright when we disperse it; but the heart of the foolish has nothing to disperse that is good.
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Proverbs 15:7
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The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 15:1-33Proverbs 15:1-33 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITIONMatthew Henry on Proverbs 15:7Proverbs 15:7 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis is to the same purport with Proverbs 15:2, and shows what a blessing a wise man is and what a burden a fool is to those about him. Only here observe further, 1. That we then use knowledge aright when we disperse it…The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 15:7Proverbs 15:7 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe lips of the wise disperse knowledge (Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs 10:31). The LXX. takes the verb יִרָוּ in its other signification of "binding" or "embracing," and translates, "The lips of the wise are bound ( δέδεται)…
commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 15:1-33EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Proverbs 15:7This is to the same purport with Proverbs 15:2, and shows what a blessing a wise man is and what a burden a fool is to those about him. Only here observe further, 1. That we then use knowledge aright when we disperse it…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 15:7The lips of the wise disperse knowledge (Proverbs 15:2; Proverbs 10:31). The LXX. takes the verb יִרָוּ in its other signification of "binding" or "embracing," and translates, "The lips of the wise are bound ( δέδεται)…Joseph S. Exell and contributors