The lips of the wise disperse knowledge
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"
F24; it is full of folly and
wickedness: or "the heart of the foolish [does] not [disperse
that which is] right" F25; true and right things, and the
knowledge of them; but, on the contrary, as in ( Proverbs
15:2 ) , "pours out foolishness".
F24 (Nk al) "non erit rectum", Pagninus, Baynus; "non est rectum", Piscator, Mercerus.
F25 "Spargit quod abest a recto", Junius & Tremellius, Amama; "eventilant non rectum", Schultens, Cocceius.
