Proverbs 17:16
It is useless to allow foolish people [RHQ] to try to become wise by paying for it, because they do not have enough good sense to become wise.
Translation for Translators
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
17Friends love others all the time, and relatives are able to help us when we have troubles.
Cross References
Psalms 81:11But my people would not listen to me [SYN]; they would not obey me.
Proverbs 8:4“I am calling to everyone! I am shouting loudly to all people!
Proverbs 14:6Those who make fun of being wise will never become wise, but those who understand what is right learn things easily.
Proverbs 21:25Lazy people, who refuse to work, will die of hunger because they [SYN] do not earn money to buy food.
Isaiah 55:1“All you people who are in exile, listen to me! It is as though [MET] you are thirsty, so come and get water from me! It is as though you have no money, but you can come and get things from me that are like wine and milk! You can get what you need from me, and you will not need to give me any money for them!
John 3:20Everyone who does what is evil hates the one who is like a light, and they will not come to the one who is like a light, because it would be shown { the one who is like a light would show} that their deeds are evil, and he would rebuke them.
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 →