Proverbs 17:24
The one who has understanding sets his face toward wisdom, 1 but the eyes of a fool are set on the ends of the earth. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 accepts a secret bribe 1 to pervert the ways of justice. 1
25A foolish son is a grief to his father 1 and bitterness to the woman who bore him. 1
Cross References
Psalms 119:37Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; 1 revive me in your ways. 1
Proverbs 15:14The heart of the discerning seeks knowledge, 1 but the mouth of fools feeds on folly. 1
Ecclesiastes 2:14The wise man uses his eyes in his head to see where he is going, 2 but the fool walks in darkness, 1 although I know the same event happens to all of them. 1
Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is a wise man? 2 Who knows what the events in life mean? 1 Wisdom in a man causes his face to shine, 2 and the hardness of his face is changed.
1 John 2:16For everything that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the arrogance of life—is not from the Father but is from the world.
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 →