Proverbs 19:3

“The foolishness of man perverteth his way, etc.] The sinfulness of his heart and nature; the folly which is bound up in it causes him to go astray out of the way in which he should go, or makes things go cross with him; so that the ways he takes do not prosper, nor his schemes succeed; but everything goes against him, and he is brought into straits and difficulties; and his heart fretteth against the Lord; laying all the blame on him; and ascribing his ill success, not to his own sin and folly, but to divine Providence, which works against him; and therefore frets and murmurs at him; and, instead of charging his own ways with folly, charges the ways of God with inequality; (see…”

“perverteth . . . way--turns him back from right (Pro 13:6; Jam 1:13); and he blames God for his failures.”

“The non-wisdom which, having brought about disasters by its own perverseness, then turns round and “fretteth,” i. e., angrily complains against the Providence of God. Perverteth - Rather, “overturneth,” “maketh to fail.” return to 'Top of Page'”

“Perverteth - Blasts his designs and enterprises. Fretteth - He ascribes his unhappiness not to his own sin, but to God and his providence. Proverbs 19:6”

“19:3 Rather than acknowledge wrong choices and actions, fools blame the Lord.”

“foolishness: Gen 3:6-12, Gen 4:5-14; Num. 16:19-41, Num 17:12, Num 17:13; Sa1 13:13, Sa1 15:23; Sa1 22:13-23; Kg1 20:42, Kg1 20:43; Kg2 3:9, Kg2 3:10, Kg2 6:33; Ch2 16:9, Ch2 16:10; Act 13:45, Act 13:46 fretteth: Psa 37:1, Psa 37:7; Isa 8:21, Isa 8:22; Rev 16:9-11 Proverbs 19:4”

“3 The foolishness of a man overturneth his way, And his heart is angry against Jahve. Regarding סלף, vid., at Pro 11:3; also the Arab. signification "to go before" proceeds from the root conception pervertere, for first a letting precede, or preceding (e.g., of the paying before the delivery of that which is paid for: salaf, a pre-numbering, and then also: advanced money), consisting in the reversal of the natural order, is meant. The way is here the way of life, the walking: the folly of a man overturns, i.e., destroys, his life's-course; but although he is himself the fabricator of his own ruin, yet the ill-humour (זעף, aestuare, vid., at Psa 11:6) of his heart turns itself against God,…”