Proverbs 15:7

“The lips of the wise disperse knowledge, etc.] Scatter it about for the benefit of others; they are communicative and diffusive of it unto others, that fruit may abound to their account: so the first ministers of the Gospel diffused the savour of the knowledge of Christ and his Gospel in every place; their words went into all the earth, and their sound to the end of the world; and so every Gospel minister will speak according to the oracles of God, and according to the abilities and measure of the gift which he has received; and to the utmost of his power feeds souls with knowledge and understanding; but the heart of the foolish [doth] not so; does not disperse knowledge, for he has no solid…”

“(Compare Pro 10:20-21). heart . . . not so--not right, or vain.”

“Not so - The word translated “so” is taken by some in its etymological force as “strong,” “firm,” and the passage is rendered “the heart of the fool disperseth (supplied from the first clause) what is weak and unsteady,” i. e., “falsehood and unwisdom.” The Septuagint takes it as an adjective, “the heart of the fool is unstedfast.” The phrase as it stands in the King James Version is, however, of frequent occurrence Genesis 48:18; Exodus 10:11; Numbers 12:7. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Disperse - Freely communicate to others what they know. Proverbs 15:8”

“lips: Psa 37:30, Psa 45:2, Psa 51:13-15, Psa 71:15-18, Psa 78:2-6, Psa 119:13; Ecc 12:9, Ecc 12:10; Sol 4:11; Mat 10:27, Mat 28:18-20; Mar 16:15; Act 18:9, Act 18:10; Rom 10:14-17; Rom 15:18-21; Eph 4:29; Ti2 2:2 the heart: Pro 10:20, Pro 10:21; Mat 12:34; Jam 3:6 Proverbs 15:8”

“A second series which begins with a proverb of the power of human speech, and closes with proverbs of the advantages and disadvantages of wealth. Pro 15:7 7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge; But the direction is wanting to the heart of fools. It is impossible that לא־כן can be a second object. accus. dependent on יזרוּ (dispergunt, not יצּרוּ, Pro 20:28; φυλάσσουσι, as Symmachus translates): but the heart of fools is unrighteous (error or falsehood) (Hitzig after Isa 16:6); for then why were the lips of the wise and the heart of the fools mentioned? לא־כן also does not mean οὐχ οὕτως (an old Greek anonymous translation, Jerome, Targ., Venet., Luther): the heart of the fool is quite…”