Proverbs 17:16
לָמָּה ־ זֶּה מְחִיר בְּיַד ־ כְּסִיל לִקְנוֹת חָכְמָה וְלֶב ־ אָֽיִן ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
15מַצְדִּיק רָשָׁע וּמַרְשִׁיעַ צַדִּיק תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה גַּם ־ שְׁנֵיהֶֽם ׃
17בְּכָל ־ עֵת אֹהֵב הָרֵעַ וְאָח לְצָרָה יִוָּלֵֽד ׃
Cross References
Psalms 81:11אָנֹכִי ׀ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הַֽמַּעַלְךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם הַרְחֶב ־ פִּיךָ וַאֲמַלְאֵֽהוּ ׃
Proverbs 8:4אֲלֵיכֶם אִישִׁים אֶקְרָא וְקוֹלִי אֶל ־ בְּנֵי אָדָֽם ׃
Proverbs 14:6בִּקֶּשׁ ־ לֵץ חָכְמָה וָאָיִן וְדַעַת לְנָבוֹן נָקָֽל ׃
Proverbs 21:25תַּאֲוַת עָצֵל תְּמִיתֶנּוּ כִּֽי ־ מֵאֲנוּ יָדָיו לַעֲשֽׂוֹת ׃
Isaiah 55:1הוֹי כָּל ־ צָמֵא לְכוּ לַמַּיִם וַאֲשֶׁר אֵֽין ־ לוֹ כָּסֶף לְכוּ שִׁבְרוּ וֶֽאֱכֹלוּ וּלְכוּ שִׁבְרוּ בְּלוֹא ־ כֶסֶף וּבְלוֹא מְחִיר יַיִן וְחָלָֽב ׃
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 →