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Proverbs 15:21 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 15 · verse 21
Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.Proverbs 15:21 · King James Version
Proverbs 15:21 in context
19The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain.
20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.
21Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly.
22Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
23A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- understandingtâbûwnintelligenceH8394 →
- destitutechâçêrlackingH2638 →
- walkethyâlakto walkH3212 →
- wisdomlêbthe heartH3820 →
- FollyʼivvelethsillinessH200 →
- joysimchâhblithesomeness or gleeH8057 →
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Note, 1. It is the character of a wicked man that he takes pleasure in sin; he has an appetite to the bait, and swallows it greedily, and has no dread of the hook, nor feels from it when he has swallowed it: Folly is joy to him; the folly of others is so, and his own much more.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary