Proverbs 17:16
Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart to it?
Updated King James Version
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 friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Cross References
Psalms 81:11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel refused me.
Proverbs 8:4Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Proverbs 14:6A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understands.
Proverbs 21:25The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labour.
Isaiah 55:1Ho, every one that thirsts, come all of you to the waters, and he that has no money; come all of you, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
John 3:20For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds 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 →