Proverbs 17:24
Before the face of the discerning, is wisdom, but, the eyes of a dullard, are in the ends of the earth.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
23A bribe out of his bosom, doth a lawless man take, to pervert the ways of justice.
25A vexation to his father, is the son that is a dullard, and a bitterness, to her that bare him.
Cross References
Psalms 119:37Turn away mine eyes, from beholding vanity, In thy way, give me life.
Proverbs 15:14The heart of the intelligent, seeketh knowledge, but, the mouth of dullards, feedeth on folly.
Ecclesiastes 2:14As for the wise man, his eyes, are in his head, whereas, the dullard, in darkness, doth walk,—but, I myself, knew that, one destiny, happeneth to them, all.
Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is really a wise man, and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of a man, lighteth up his countenance, but, by defiance of countenance, one is disfigured.
1 John 2:16Because, all that is in the world—the coveting of the flesh, the coveting of the eyes, and the vain grandeur of life—is not of the Father, but is, of the world;
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 →