Proverbs 17:16
What doth it avail a fool to have riches, seeing he cannot buy wisdom? He that maketh his house high, seeketh a downfall: and he that refuseth to learn, shall fall into evils.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?
In Context
15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, both are abominable before God.
17He that is a friend loveth at all times: and a brother is proved in distress.
Cross References
Psalms 81:11For I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Proverbs 8:4O ye men, to you I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
Proverbs 14:6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: the learning of the wise is easy.
Proverbs 21:25Desires kill the slothful: for his hands have refused to work at all.
Isaiah 55:1All you that thirst, come to the waters: and you that have no money make haste, buy, and eat: come ye, buy wine and milk without money, and without any price.
John 3:20For every one that doth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:16
15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord . This shows what an offence it is to God, 1. When those that are entrusted with the administration of public justice, judges, juries, witnesses, prosecutors, counsel, do either acquit the guilty or condemn those that are not guilty, or in the least contribute to either; this defeats the end of government, which is to protect the good and punish the bad, Rom. xiii. 3, 4 . It is equally provoking to God to… Read the whole commentary →