Proverbs Chapter 14 verse 33 Holy Bible
Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding; But `that which is' in the inward part of fools is made known.
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Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.
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Wisdom resteth in the heart of the intelligent [man]; but that which is in the foolish maketh itself known.
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Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
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Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, And is even made known in the inward part of fools.
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In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 33. - Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding. The wise man is not always blurting out and making a display of his wisdom; he lets it lie still and hidden till there is occasion to use it with effect (Proverbs 10:14; Proverbs 12:23). But that which is in the midst of fools is made known; literally and better, but in the midst of fools it, wisdom, maketh itself known. That is, in contrast to the folly of fools, wisdom is seen to great advantage; or, it may be, the conceited display of the fool's so called wisdom is contrasted with the modesty and reticence of the really intelligent man. "A fool's heart is ever dancing on his lips," says a proverb. So Ecclus. 21:26, "The heart of fools is in their mouth; but the mouth of the wise is in their heart." Theognia, 1163 - Ὀφθαλμοὶ καὶ γκῶσσα καὶ οὔατα καὶ νόος ἀνδρῶνἘν μέσσῳ στηθέων ἐν αυνετοις φύεται."The eyes, and tongue, and ears, and mind alikeAre centred in the bosom of the wise." Vulgate, "In the heart of the prudent resteth wisdom, and it will teach all the unlearned." Wisdom sits enshrined in the intelligent man's mind, and thence disseminates instruction and light around to all who need it. The Septuagint, with which agree the Syriac, Aquila, and Theodotion, inserts a negative in the second clause, thus: "In the good heart of a man shall rest wisdom, but in the heart of fools it is not discerned" (Wisd. 1:4).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(33) But that which is in the midst of fools is made known.--"Wisdom" is the subject of this as of the former half of the verse. "Wisdom rests in the heart of him that hath understanding;" he does not care to drag it out and exhibit it, but the fool cannot keep to himself anything which he thinks he knows.
