Proverbs 17:16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a dullard? that he who is without sense, may acquire wisdom.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
17At all times, doth a friend love, and, a brother for distress, must be born.
Cross References
Psalms 81:11But my people, hearkened not, unto my voice, Even, Israel, inclined not unto me.
Proverbs 8:4Unto you, O men, I call, and, my voice, is unto the sons of men;
Proverbs 14:6A scoffer seeketh wisdom, and there is none, but, knowledge, to the discerning, is easy.
Proverbs 21:25The craving of the sluggard, killeth him, for his hands have refused to work.
Isaiah 55:1Ho! every one that thirsteth! Come ye to the waters, Yea he that hath no money,—Come ye—buy corn, and eat, Yea come—buy corn without money, And without price, wine and milk,
John 3:20For, whosoever doth practise corrupt things, hateth the light, and cometh not unto the light, lest his works should be reproved;
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 →