Proverbs 17:16
Why should a fool pay money to learn about wisdom, 1 when he has no ability to learn it? 1
Unlocked Literal 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 is loving at all times 1 and a brother is born for times of trouble. 1
Cross References
Psalms 81:11But my people did not listen to my words; 1 Israel did not obey me. 1
Proverbs 8:4“It is to you, people, that I call; 1 my voice is for the sons of mankind. 1
Proverbs 14:6A mocker seeks wisdom and there is none, 1 but knowledge comes easy to the one who is discerning. 1
Proverbs 21:25The desire of the lazy kills him, 1 for his hands refuse to work. 1
Isaiah 55:1“Come, everyone who is thirsty, come to the water, 2 and you who have no money, come, buy and eat! 2 Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost. 1
John 3:20For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, so that his deeds will not be exposed.
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 →