Proverbs 17:16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?
Geneva Bible 1599
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 friende loueth at all times: and a brother is borne for aduersitie.
Cross References
Psalms 81:11But my people would not heare my voyce, and Israel would none of me.
Proverbs 8:4O men, I call vnto you, and vtter my voyce to the children of men.
Proverbs 14:6A scorner seeketh wisdome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie to him that will vnderstande.
Proverbs 21:25The desire of the slouthfull slayeth him: for his hands refuse to worke.
Isaiah 55:1Ho, euery one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and ye that haue no siluer, come, bye and eate: come, I say, bye wine and milke without siluer and without money.
John 3:20For euery man that euill doeth, hateth the light, neither commeth to light, least his deedes should be reprooued.
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 →