Proverbs 17:16
Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, since he has no understanding?
World Messianic 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 loves at all times; and a brother is born for adversity.
Cross References
Psalms 81:11But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.
Proverbs 8:4“I call to you men! I send my voice to the sons of mankind.
Proverbs 14:6A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn’t find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
Proverbs 21:25The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
Isaiah 55:1“Hey! Come, everyone who thirsts, to the waters! Come, he who has no money, buy, and eat! Yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
John 3:20For everyone who does evil hates the light and doesn’t come to the light, lest his works would 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 →