Proverbs 17:16
Why should the fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom?
Berean Standard Bible
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
15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Cross References
Psalms 81:11But My people would not listen to Me, and Israel would not obey Me.
Proverbs 8:4“To you, O men, I call out, and my cry is to the sons of men.
Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and finds none, but knowledge comes easily to the discerning.
Proverbs 21:25The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work.
Isaiah 55:1“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
John 3:20Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed.
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 →