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Proverbs 18:2
A fool receiveth not the words of prudence: unless thou say those things which are in his heart.
Proverbs 18:2 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Proverbs 18:2 in other translations
A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself.
A fool does not delight in understanding, but only in airing his opinions.
A fool has no delight in understanding, but only in revealing his own opinion.
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In context
1 He that hath a mind to depart from a friend, seeketh occasions: he shall ever be subject to reproach.
2 A fool receiveth not the words of prudence: unless thou say those things which are in his heart.
3 The wicked man, when he is come into the depths of sins, contemneth: but ignominy and reproach follow him.
4 Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.
5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to decline from the truth of judgment.
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