Proverbs 17:24
אֶת ־ פְּנֵי מֵבִין חָכְמָה וְעֵינֵי כְסִיל בִּקְצֵה ־ אָֽרֶץ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
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
23שֹׁחַד מֵחֵיק רָשָׁע יִקָּח לְהַטּוֹת אָרְחוֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט ׃
25כַּעַס לְאָבִיו בֵּן כְּסִיל וּמֶמֶר לְיוֹלַדְתּֽוֹ ׃
Cross References
Psalms 119:37הַעֲבֵר עֵינַי מֵרְאוֹת שָׁוְא בִּדְרָכֶךָ חַיֵּֽנִי ׃
Proverbs 15:14לֵב נָבוֹן יְבַקֶּשׁ ־ דָּעַת ופני כְסִילִים יִרְעֶה אִוֶּֽלֶת ׃
Ecclesiastes 2:14הֶֽחָכָם עֵינָיו בְּרֹאשׁוֹ וְהַכְּסִיל בַּחֹשֶׁךְ הוֹלֵךְ וְיָדַעְתִּי גַם ־ אָנִי שֶׁמִּקְרֶה אֶחָד יִקְרֶה אֶת ־ כֻּלָּֽם ׃
Ecclesiastes 8:1מִי כְּהֶחָכָם וּמִי יוֹדֵעַ פֵּשֶׁר דָּבָר חָכְמַת אָדָם תָּאִיר פָּנָיו וְעֹז פָּנָיו יְשֻׁנֶּֽא ׃
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 →