Proverbs 24:9
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
My Notes
Commentary
Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.
Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
If thou faint in the day of adversity,.... When under bodily afflictions, stripping providences, reduced to great straits and wants; or under the violent persecutions of men, which is sometimes the…
Here is the description, 1. Of a weak man: Wisdom is too high for him; he thinks it so, and therefore, despairing to attain it, he will take no pains in the pursuit of it, but sit down content without…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
foolishness i.e. fools: abstract for concrete.
and "Or, but the scorner. Perhaps the meaning is that the very purposeof evil is sinful in the sight of God; but the bold and insolent transgressor is…
Cross References
Related passages throughout Scripture