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Proverbs 14:18 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 14 · verse 18
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.Proverbs 14:18 · King James Version
Proverbs 14:18 in context
16A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident.
17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
18The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inheritnâchalto inherit mode of descent), or to occupyH5157 →
- prudentʻârûwmcunningH6175 →
- crownedkâtharto encloseH3803 →
- simplepᵉthîysillyH6612 →
- follyʼivvelethsillinessH200 →
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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 parents, and all the calamities that attend it we have by kind;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary