John Trapp on Proverbs 14:7

Verſ. 7. Go from the preſence of a fooliſh man] If hee bee a proud fool, as verſ. 6. a ſcorner and derider of good counſel, and one that knows not how to liſp out the leaſt ſyllable of ſavoury language: Break off ſociety with ſuch, as ſoon as may bee; for what good can bee gotten by their company or conference? Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thiſtles? They infect the very air they breathe upon, Dabhar a word, Debher a Peſt. and are therefore called [non-Latin text not transcribed], Peſts (according to the Septuagint) Pſal. 1.1. their tongues have the very plague in them, their breath as fire ſhall devour you, Iſa. 33.10. Non poteſt vir ille fine convitiis quenquam à quo diſſentit vel in leviſſimis nominare, ſaith Dr. Rivet concerning Biſhop Montague. That man hath not the power to forbear railing at any one that diſſents from him, though in never ſo ſmall a matter. Is there any good to bee gotten by ſuch?2 Tim. 2.17. Do not their words eat as a gangrene?