Proverbs 17:24
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are at the ends of the earth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
In Context
23A wicked man taketh a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the paths of justice.
25A foolish son is a vexation to his father, and bitterness to her that hath born him.
Cross References
Psalms 119:37Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity: on thy way do thou give me life.
Proverbs 15:14The heart of the man of understanding seeketh knowledge; but the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.
Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man hath his eyes in his head, while the fool walketh in darkness; but I myself perceived then also that one occurrence will befall all of them.
Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is like the wise? and who knoweth [as well] the explanation of a thing? a man's wisdom enlighteneth his face, and the boldness of his face will be lessened.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:24
23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. See here, 1. What an evil thing bribery is: He is a wicked man that will take a gift to engage him to give a false testimony, verdict, or judgment; when he does it he is ashamed of it, for he takes it, with all the secresy imaginable, out of the bosom where he knows it is laid ready for him; it is industriously concealed, and so slyly that, if he could, he would hide it from his own conscience. A gift is taken out of the bosom of a… Read the whole commentary →