Proverbs 17:16
Why [is] this — a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, And a heart there is none?
Young's Literal Translation
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 is the friend loving, And a brother for adversity is born.
Cross References
Psalms 81:11But, My people hearkened not to My voice, And Israel hath not consented to Me.
Proverbs 8:4'Unto you, O men, I call, And my voice [is] unto the sons of men.
Proverbs 14:6A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent [is] easy.
Proverbs 21:25The desire of the slothful slayeth him, For his hands have refused to work.
Isaiah 55:1Ho, every thirsty one, come ye to the waters, And he who hath no money, Come ye, buy and eat, yea, come, buy Without money and without price, wine and milk.
John 3:20for every one who is doing wicked things hateth the light, and doth not come unto the light, that his works may not be detected;
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 →