Proverbs 17:16
Why should a price be in the hand of a fool To get wisdom, seeing he hath no sense?
Noyes 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
17A friend loveth at all times; But in adversity he is born a brother.
Cross References
Psalms 81:11But my people would not listen to my voice, And Israel would not hearken to me.
Proverbs 8:4“To you, O men! do I call, And my voice is to the sons of men!
Proverbs 14:6The scoffer seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; But knowledge is easy to the man of understanding.
Proverbs 21:25The desire of the sluggard will destroy him; For his hands refuse to labor.
Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters! Even ye that have no money, come ye, buy and eat! Yea, come, buy wine and milk, Without money and without price.
John 3:20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
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 →