John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 12:16
Pro 12:16 A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame. Ver. 16. A fool’s wrath is presently known.] He hath no power over his passions. Hence פתי , a fool, and פתאם , suddenly, rashly, are from the same root. Like tow, he is soon kindled; like a pot, he soon boils; and like a candle whose tallow is mixed with brine, as soon as lighted he spits up and down the room. A fool uttereth all his mind. Pro 29:11 The Septuagint render it, All his anger - θυμον . For, as the... read more
John Trapp Complete Commentary - Proverbs 12:15
Pro 12:15 The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise. Ver. 15. The way of a fool is right in his own eyes. ] He thinks his own wit best. Consilii satis est in me mihi; a he will not part with his commonwealth of baubles for the Tower of London. And such a fool is every natural man; Job 11:12 wise enough, haply, in his generation - so is the fox too; - wise with such a wisdom as, like the ostrich’s wings, makes him outrun others upon earth,... read more