John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 7. 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 ( Proverbs 15:2), “pours out foolishness”.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7 - We use knowledge aright when we disperse it; but the heart of the foolish has nothing to disperse that is good.
Original Hebrew שׂפתי8193 חכמים2450 יזרו2219 דעת1847 ולב3820 כסילים3684 לא3808 כן׃3651
