Proverbs 17:16
Why [is] this—a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, || And a heart—there is none?
Literal Standard 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
17The friend is loving at all times, || And a brother is born for adversity.
Cross References
Psalms 81:11But My people did not listen to My voice, || And Israel has not consented to Me.
Proverbs 8:4“To you, O men, I call, || And my voice [is] to the sons of men.
Proverbs 14:6A scorner has sought wisdom, and it is not, || And knowledge [is] easy to the intelligent.
Proverbs 21:25The desire of the slothful slays him, || For his hands have refused to work.
Isaiah 55:1“Behold, every thirsty one, || Come to the waters, || And he who has no money, || Come, buy and eat, || Indeed, come, buy wine and milk || Without money and without price.
John 3:20for everyone who is doing wicked things hates the light, and does not come into the light, that his works may not be detected;
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 →