Proverbs 17:16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Cross References
Psalms 81:11(81-12) But My people hearkened not to My voice; and Israel would none of Me.
Proverbs 8:4'Unto you, O men, I call, and my voice is to the sons of men.
Proverbs 14:6A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy unto him that hath discernment.
Proverbs 21:25The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye for water, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
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 →