Proverbs 14:18
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
The simple inherit folly,.... It is natural and hereditary to them, they are born like wild asses colts; the foolish sayings and proverbs, customs and practices, of their ancestors, though they have…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Crowned - The teacher anticipates the truth, and the paradox, of the Stoic saying, “The wise is the only king.”
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
Note, 1. Sin is the shame of sinners: The simple, who love simplicity, get nothing by it; they inherit folly. They have it by inheritance, so some. This corruption of nature is derived from our first…
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