Proverbs 15:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Folly is joy to him that is destitutec of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. ”

• Proverbs 15:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  i. e., The empty-hearted, rejoicing in folly, goes the wrong way; the man of understanding, rejoicing in wisdom, goes the right way.

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One ( Proverbs 15:11 ) is noteworthy as showing an extended con...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  wisdom. Hebrew. leb = "heart", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for the knowledge it should possess. See note on Proverbs 1:2 .

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. Folly (is) joy to (him that is) destitute of wisdom - ( Proverbs 10:23 .) "Folly," i:e., sin....

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Folly. — Shown in wasted opportunities, and the commission of evil ( Proverbs 10:23 ), while the “man of understanding” directs his way in accordance with the will of God.

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A m...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Words in Season Proverbs 15:18-33 Learn to be slow to anger. This paragraph describes the even temper which is blessed to live with and blessed to die with. Temper is said to be nine-tenths of...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 15:11 . This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. A wise son maketh a...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom ,.... Or "that wants a heart" q, a wise and understanding one; by "folly" is meant sin, for all sin is folly; and that is very pleasing and joyous...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Folly [is] joy to [him that is] destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. Ver. 21. Folly is joy to him that is destitute of understanding. ] See Trapp on " Pro 10:23 "...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  A wise son , &c. See the note on chap. 10:1, where we have the same proverb. Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom He not only works wickedness, but takes pleasure in doing it; bu...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        21 Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.       Note, 1. It is the character of a wicked man that he takes pleasure in sin; he h...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Is joy; he doth not only work wickedness, but taketh pleasure in it. Walketh uprightly, Heb. directeth or maketh straight his going , i.e. ordereth all his actions by the rule of God's word, a...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Man Of Understanding Overcomes Adverse Circumstances And Enjoys A Life Of Pleasantness Whilst The Fool Continually Experiences Trouble ( Proverbs 15:14-21 ). This subsection is in an inclusio...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 15:21 . Walketh uprightly , rather “goes straightforward.” MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:21 OPPOSITE TASTES I. Joy is a revealer of human character . A stone ca...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 15:1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath. It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, sa...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath . Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 21. Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom, to him who lacks proper sense; but a man of understanding walketh uprightly, going straight forward on the way of duty, permitting no fooli...

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• Proverbs 15:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Ephesians 5:15 ; James 3:13 ; Job 28:28 ; Proverbs 10:23 ; Proverbs 11:12 ; Proverbs 14:16 ; Proverbs 14:9 ; Proverbs 26:18 ; Proverbs 26:19 ; Psalms 111:10

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