Proverbs 17:16
Is there any point in stupid people trying to buy wisdom when they don't want to learn?
Free Bible Version
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
15The Lord hates it when the wicked are acquitted and the innocent condemned.
17A true friend is always there to love you, and family provides help when troubles come.
Cross References
Psalms 81:11But my people didn't listen to me. Israel didn't want anything to do with me.
Proverbs 8:4“I'm calling out to you, everyone! My call is to everyone in the whole world!
Proverbs 14:6It's pointless for a scoffer to look for wisdom, but knowledge comes easily to someone who understands.
Proverbs 21:25Slackers die hungry because they refuse to work.
Isaiah 55:1Come, every one of you who's thirsty, come and drink the water! You who don't have money, come—you can buy and eat! Come and buy wine and milk—you don't need money; there's no cost!
John 3:20All those who do evil hate the light and don't come into the light, because they don't want their actions to 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 →