John Gill's Exposition on Proverbs 15:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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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 substantial knowledge in him: or, “the heart of the foolish [is] not right”f432; it is full of folly and wickedness: or “the heart of the foolish [does] not [disperse that which is] right”f433; true and right things, and the knowledge of them; but, on the contrary, as in (<201502>Proverbs 15:2), “pours out foolishness”.

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