Text -- Proverbs 13:19 (NET)

13:19 A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools abhor turning away from evil.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 13:19

¹ tn Heb “an abomination of fools.” The noun כְּסִילִים (kÿsilim, “fools”) functions as a subjective genitive: “fools hate to turn away from evil” (cf. NAB, TEV, CEV). T. T. Perowne says: “In spite of the sweetness of good desires accomplished, fools will not forsake evil to attain it” (Proverbs, 103). Cf. Prov 13:12; 29:27.