Proverbs 18:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. ”

Proverbs 18:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The text and the marginal readings indicate the two chief constructions of this somewhat difficult verse. Other renderings are (1) He who separateth himself from others seeks his own desire, and...
Proverbs 18:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Through desire a man, having (a) separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom. (a) He who loves wisdom will separate himself from all impediments, and give himself wholly to seek i...
Proverbs 18:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:1 . MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated f...
Proverbs 18:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Through desire, &c. . Seeking his own pleasure, the recluse (or separatist) breaketh forth (or quarreleth) with everything that is stable. intermeddleth . breaketh forth. Hebrew. gala'. See...
Proverbs 18:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. Through desire a man, having separated himself - The original is difficult and obscure. The Vulgate, Septu...
Proverbs 18:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Through desire, &c.— The opinions of commentators on these two verses are much divided. Houbigant renders them as follows: He who prepares dissention seizes all occasions: he leaves nothing un...
Proverbs 18:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. Through desire (through self-willed and self-seeking desire of wisdom) a man, having separated himse...
Proverbs 18:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'Th...
Proverbs 18:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XVIII. (1) Through desire a man, having separated himself ... — This should probably be rendered, The separatist seeketh after his own desire, against all improvement he shows his teeth. The ma...
Proverbs 18:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1 FROM the value of friendship there is...
Proverbs 18:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 18:1 . The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or...
Proverbs 18:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. I rather accept the expressions in this verse as referring first to the person of Christ in his human natur...
Proverbs 18:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh ,.... Or, "a separated man seeketh desire" g; his own desire, will, and pleasure. This is either to be understood in a good sense, of one that...
Proverbs 18:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh [and] intermeddleth with all wisdom. Ver. 1. Through desire a man having separated himself, &c. ] Here the reading that is in margin, me...
Proverbs 18:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Through desire, a man having separated himself , &c. According to this translation, the sense of this controverted proverb is, Through desire of wisdom, a man, having separated himself from...
Proverbs 18:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. The original here is difficult, and differently understood. 1. Some take it as a rebuke...
Proverbs 18:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PROVERBS CHAPTER 18 According to this interpretation the sense is, Through desire (of it, to wit of wisdom, which is easily understood out of the end of the verse; such ellipses being frequent in...
Proverbs 18:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire, etc . The readings and expositions of this verse are many. Zockler translates, “ He that separateth himself seeketh his own pleasure, against all c...
Proverbs 18:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here...
Proverbs 18:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and inter-meddleth with all wisdom. The case of diversions stated Dull and insipid is every performance where inclination bears no part....
Proverbs 18:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and inte...
Proverbs 18:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 1. Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom, rather, "After his own desire seeketh the odd person, against all sound counsel he setteth himself,"...
Proverbs 18:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 6:17 ; Ephesians 5:15-17 ; Exodus 33:16 ; Isaiah 26:8 ; Isaiah 26:9 ; Jeremiah 15:17 ; Jude 1:19 ; Mark 1:35 ; Mark 4:11 ; Matthew 13:11 ; Matthew 13:44 ; Proverbs 14:10 ;...
Proverbs 18:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Desire — Thro' desire of wisdom, a man having separated himself from the company, and noise, and business of the world, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom, uses all diligence, that he may se...

Proverbs 18:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 18:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 18:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 18:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 18:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 18:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 18:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 18:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 18:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 18:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 18:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 18:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 18:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 18:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 18:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 18:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 18:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 18:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 18:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 18:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes